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Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
    than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

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(A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
    than a rich man who is (C)crooked in his ways.

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19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread,
    but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.

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19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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25 The greedy person[a] will stir up strife,
    but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:25 Literally “wide soul”

25 A greedy man (A)stirs up strife,
    but the one who trusts in the Lord will (B)be enriched.

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27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”

27 Whoever (A)gives to the poor will not want,
    but he who (B)hides his eyes will get many a curse.

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