Proverbs 11:6
1599 Geneva Bible
6 The righteousness of the just shall deliver them: but the transgressors shall be taken in their own wickedness.
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Proverbs 12:12
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12 The wicked desireth the [a]net of evils: but the [b]root of the righteous giveth fruit.
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- Proverbs 12:12 Continually imagineth means how to do harm to others.
- Proverbs 12:12 Meaning, their heart within, which is upright, and doeth good to all.
Proverbs 20:21
1599 Geneva Bible
21 An heritage is hastily gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Proverbs 21:5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 The thoughts of the diligent do surely bring abundance; but [a]whosoever is hasty, cometh surely to poverty.
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- Proverbs 21:5 He that goeth rashly about his business, and without counsel.
Proverbs 21:20
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20 In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and [a]oil; but a foolish man devoureth it.
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- Proverbs 21:20 Meaning, abundance of all things.
Proverbs 21:20
1599 Geneva Bible
20 In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and [a]oil; but a foolish man devoureth it.
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- Proverbs 21:20 Meaning, abundance of all things.
Proverbs 23:4
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4 Travail not too much to be rich: but cease from thy [a]wisdom.
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- Proverbs 23:4 Bestow not the gifts that God hath given thee, to get worldly riches.
Proverbs 27:20
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20 The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
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Proverbs 27:20
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20 The grave and destruction can never be full, so the eyes of man can never be satisfied.
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Proverbs 28:20
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20 A faithful man shall abound in blessings, and (A)he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.
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Proverbs 30:15-16
1599 Geneva Bible
15 The horseleech hath two [a]daughters which cry, Give, give. There be three things that will not be satisfied: yea, four that say not, It is enough.
16 The grave, and the barren womb, the earth, that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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- Proverbs 30:15 The leech hath two forks in her tongue, which here he calleth her two daughters, whereby she sucketh the blood, and is never satiated: even so are the covetous extortioners insatiable.
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