A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist,[a] a pursuit of death.[b][c](A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 Or a breath blown away
  2. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg read a snare of death
  3. Proverbs 21:6 Lit is vanity, ones seeking death

13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(C)

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13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.(A)

14 A secret gift soothes anger,
and a covert bribe,[a] fierce rage.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 21:14 Lit a bribe in the bosom

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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17 The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.(A)

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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20 Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,
but a foolish man consumes them.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:20 Lit it

26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(A) give without sparing.(B)

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26 He is filled with craving[a] all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:26 Lit He craves a craving