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22 Greedy people try to get rich quick
    but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.

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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 Greed causes fighting;
    trusting the Lord leads to prosperity.

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

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  1. Proverbs 28:25 Or greedy