Proverbs 12:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹Those who till their land will have plenty of food,
    but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
¹²The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness,^[a]
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
¹³The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips,
    but the righteous escape from trouble.

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Proverbs 12:12 Or covet the catch of the wicked

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