The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(A)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(B)

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In the house of the righteous there is much treasure,
But in the revenue of the wicked is trouble.

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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.(A)

17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(B)

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16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord,
Than great treasure with trouble.
17 (B)Better is a dinner of [a]herbs where love is,
Than a fatted calf with hatred.

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  1. Proverbs 15:17 Or vegetables

20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,[a](A)
    and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good

20 He who heeds the word wisely will find good,
And whoever (A)trusts in the Lord, happy is he.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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(A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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21 (A)An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning
(B)Will not be blessed at the end.

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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

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

(A)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

(B)Getting treasures by a lying tongue
[a]Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death

Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

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Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,(A)
    for they will surely sprout wings
    and fly off to the sky like an eagle.(B)

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(A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
[a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

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  1. Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?

11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.

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