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22 A beautiful woman without good sense
    is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

23 The wishes of those who do right will come true.
    But the hopes of the wicked will be defeated by God’s anger.

24 Some people give much but get back even more.
    But others don’t give what they should, and they end up poor.

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22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

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