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18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
    and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
    it takes away the life of its possessors.(A)

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  1. 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways

18 but these men (A)lie in wait for their own blood;
    they (B)set an ambush for their own lives.
19 (C)Such are the ways of everyone who is (D)greedy for unjust gain;
    (E)it takes away the life of its possessors.

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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.

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27 Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households,
    but those who hate bribes will live.(A)

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27 Whoever is (A)greedy for unjust gain (B)troubles his own household,
    but he who hates (C)bribes will live.

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26 All day long the wicked covet,[a]
    but the righteous give and do not hold back.(A)

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  1. 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously

26 All day long he craves and craves,
    but the righteous (A)gives and does not hold back.

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22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.(A)

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22 (A)A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.

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16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
    lest, having too much, you vomit it up.(A)

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16 If you have (A)found honey, eat (B)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
    and human eyes are never satisfied.(A)

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20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
    and (C)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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Better to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)

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(A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.

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One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
    gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.(A)

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Whoever multiplies his wealth (A)by interest and profit[a]
    (B)gathers it for him who is (C)generous to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
    and does not know that loss is sure to come.

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22 A (A)stingy man[a] (B)hastens after wealth
    and does not know that (C)poverty will come upon him.

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  1. Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil

25 The greedy person stirs up strife,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.(A)

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25 A greedy man (A)stirs up strife,
    but the one who trusts in the Lord will (B)be enriched.

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By justice a king gives stability to the land,
    but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.

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By justice a king (A)builds up the land,
    but he who exacts gifts[a] tears it down.

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  1. Proverbs 29:4 Or who taxes heavily