Proverbs 1:18-19
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18 But they (A)lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of everyone who (B)makes unjust gain;
It takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 1:18-19
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18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(A)
Footnotes
- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Proverbs 15:16
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16 (A)Better is a little with [a]the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure, and turmoil with [b]the treasure.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:16 Or reverence for
- Proverbs 15:16 Lit it
Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure and trouble with it.(A)
Proverbs 15:27
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 Those greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households,
but those who hate bribes will live.(A)
Proverbs 21:26
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:26 Lit desires desire
Proverbs 21:26
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Footnotes
- 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously
Proverbs 22:1
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On Life and Conduct
22 A (A)good name is to be more desired than great wealth;
Favor is better than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1
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22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.(A)
Proverbs 25:16
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16 Have you (A)found honey? Eat only [a]what you need,
So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:16 Lit your sufficiency
Proverbs 25:16
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16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
lest, having too much, you vomit it up.(A)
Proverbs 27:20
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20 [a](A)Sheol and [b]Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
Nor are the (C)eyes of a person ever satisfied.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 I.e., The netherworld
- Proverbs 27:20 I.e., the place of destruction
Proverbs 27:20
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.(A)
Proverbs 28:6
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6 (A)Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity,
Than a person who is [a]crooked, though he is rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Lit perverse of two ways
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and walk in integrity
than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who increases his wealth by [a](A)interest of any kind,
Collects it (B)for one who is gracious to the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:8 Possibly interest on money and food loans
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.(A)
Proverbs 28:22
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22 A person with an (A)evil eye (B)hurries after wealth
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Proverbs 28:22
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22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
and does not know that loss is sure to come.
Proverbs 28:25
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:25 Lit broad soul
- Proverbs 28:25 Lit be made fat
Proverbs 28:25
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25 The greedy person stirs up strife,
but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.(A)
Proverbs 29:4
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4 The (A)king gives stability to the land by justice,
But a person who takes bribes ruins it.
Proverbs 29:4
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4 By justice a king gives stability to the land,
but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
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