Proverbs 11:6
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6 ·Doing right [Righteousness] brings freedom to ·honest people [people with integrity],
but those who are not trustworthy will be caught by their own desires.
Proverbs 11:6
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6
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
Proverbs 12:12
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12 The wicked ·want [covet; desire] ·what other evil people have stolen [or the catch/prey of the evil],
but ·good [L the root of righteous] people ·want to give what they have to others [or endures].
Proverbs 12:12
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12
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields richer fruit.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 Wealth inherited quickly in the beginning
will ·do you no good [not bless you] in the end.
Proverbs 20:21
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21
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.(A)
Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of hard-working people earn a profit,
but those who ·act too quickly [hurry] become poor.
Proverbs 21:5
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The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
Proverbs 21:20
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20 Wise people’s houses are full of ·the best foods [or precious treasure] and olive oil,
but fools ·waste [consume; L swallow] everything they have.
Proverbs 21:20
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20
There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.
Proverbs 21:20
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20 Wise people’s houses are full of ·the best foods [or precious treasure] and olive oil,
but fools ·waste [consume; L swallow] everything they have.
Proverbs 21:20
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There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.
Proverbs 23:4
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4 Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;
be wise enough to ·control [stop] yourself.
Proverbs 23:4
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Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.(A)
Proverbs 27:20
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20 ·People will never stop dying and being destroyed [L Sheol/The grave and Abaddon/Destruction are never satisfied; Job 26:6],
and ·they will never stop wanting more than they have [L the eyes of people will never be satisfied].
Proverbs 27:20
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20
Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.(A)
Proverbs 27:20
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20 ·People will never stop dying and being destroyed [L Sheol/The grave and Abaddon/Destruction are never satisfied; Job 26:6],
and ·they will never stop wanting more than they have [L the eyes of people will never be satisfied].
Proverbs 27:20
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Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied;
Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.(A)
Proverbs 28:20
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20 A ·truthful [reliable] person will have many blessings,
but those ·eager to get rich [or with get-rich-quick schemes] will be punished.
Proverbs 28:20
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A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings,
But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)
Proverbs 30:15-16
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15 “·Greed [L The leech] has two daughters
named ‘Give’ and ‘Give.’
There are three things that are never satisfied,
really four that never say, ‘I’ve had enough!’:
16 the ·cemetery [grave; Sheol], the ·childless mother [L barren womb],
the land that never gets enough rain,
and fire that never says, ‘I’ve had enough!’
Proverbs 30:15-16
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The leech has two daughters,
“Give, give!”
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four that do not say, “It is enough”:
16
[a]Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “It is enough.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:16 Hades, the nether world, the place of the dead.
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