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Getting treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

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

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Footnotes

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

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
    he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
14 A gift in secret pacifies anger,
    and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

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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, fierce rage.(B)

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17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man.
    He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

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

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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;
    but a foolish man swallows it up.

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

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  1. 21:20 Lit it

26 There are those who covet greedily all day long;
    but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

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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. 21:26 Lit He craves a craving