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Riches will not help ·when it’s time to die [L on the day of anger],
but ·right living [righteousness] will save you from death.

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(A)Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath,
But (B)righteousness rescues from death.

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15 Whoever guarantees to pay somebody else’s loan will suffer.
It is safer to avoid such promises.

16 A ·kind [gracious] woman gets ·respect [honor],
but ·cruel [violent] men get only wealth.

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15 One who is a (A)guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it,
But one who hates [a]being a guarantor is secure.
16 A (B)gracious woman attains honor,
And ruthless men attain riches.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:15 Lit those who strike hands

28 Those who trust in riches will ·be ruined [L fall],
but a good person will ·be healthy [flourish] like a green leaf.

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28 One who (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

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