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19 (A)He who cultivates his ground will be (B)satisfied with food,
But he who pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.
20 A (C)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (D)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

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19 Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food,
    but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

20 The faithful man will prosper with blessings,
    but whoever is in a hurry to get rich
        will not escape punishment.

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22 A man with an (A)evil eye (B)hurries after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.

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22 The miser[a] is in a hurry to get wealthy,
    but he isn’t aware that poverty will catch up with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Lit. The man with an evil eye

25 An [a]arrogant man (A)stirs up strife,
But he who (B)trusts in Yahweh (C)will [b]be enriched.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:25 Lit broad soul
  2. Proverbs 28:25 Lit be made fat

25 An arrogant[a] man stirs up dissension,
    but anyone who trusts in the Lord prospers.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:25 Or greedy

Keep worthlessness and every false word far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the (A)food that is my portion,
Lest I be (B)full and deny (C)You and say, “Who is Yahweh?”
Or lest I be (D)impoverished and steal,
And [a](E)profane the name of my God.

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  1. Proverbs 30:9 Lit take hold of

Keep deception and lies far away from me,
    and give me neither poverty nor wealth.
Feed me with food that I need for today,[a]
so that I don’t become overfed and deny you by saying,
        “Who is the Lord?”
or so that I don’t become poor and steal,
    and then misuse the name of my God.

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  1. Proverbs 30:8 Or that is appropriate for me