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Wealth created by a lying tongue
    is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.[a]

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  1. 21:6 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads mist for those who seek death.

He who makes treasure by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and seeker[a] of death.

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 Hebrew “seekers”

13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
    will be ignored in their own time of need.

14 A secret gift calms anger;
    a bribe under the table pacifies fury.

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13 He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor,
    he also will cry out and not be heard.
14 A gift in secret[a] will avert anger,[b]
    and a concealed bribe,[c] strong wrath.

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  1. Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew “the secret”
  2. Proverbs 21:14 Literally “nostril”
  3. Proverbs 21:14 Literally “bribe in the bosom”

17 Those who love pleasure become poor;
    those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.

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17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
    he who loves wine and oil[a] will not become rich.

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  1. Proverbs 21:17 Or “fat”

20 The wise have wealth and luxury,
    but fools spend whatever they get.

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20 Precious treasure and oil are in the house of the wise,
    but the foolish person[a] will devour them.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 21:20 Or “foolish of mankind”
  2. Proverbs 21:20 Literally “it”

26 Some people are always greedy for more,
    but the godly love to give!

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26 All day[a] he craves a craving,
    but the righteous will give and not hold back.

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  1. Proverbs 21:26 Literally “All the day”