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Proverbs 11:4 (Listen)

4 gRiches do not profit in the day of wrath,

hbut righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:16-18 (Listen)

16 uA gracious woman gets honor,

and vviolent men get riches.

17 wA man who is kind benefits himself,

but a cruel man hurts himself.

18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,

but one who xsows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:28 (Listen)

28 Whoever strusts in his riches will fall,

but the righteous will tflourish like a green leaf.

Proverbs 13:11 (Listen)

11 gWealth gained hastily1 will dwindle,

but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Footnotes

[1] 13:11 Or by fraud

Proverbs 15:16 (Listen)

16 bBetter is a little with the fear of the Lord

than great treasure and trouble with it.

Proverbs 15:27 (Listen)

27 Whoever is vgreedy for unjust gain wtroubles his own household,

but he who hates xbribes will live.

Proverbs 17:8 (Listen)

8 yA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;

wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 20:17 (Listen)

17 zBread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,

but afterward his mouth will be full of agravel.

Proverbs 20:21 (Listen)

21 iAn inheritance gained hastily in the beginning

will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 21:5-7 (Listen)

5 The plans of ethe diligent lead surely to abundance,

but everyone who is fhasty comes gonly to poverty.

6 hThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue

is a ifleeting jvapor and a ksnare of death.1

7 The violence of the wicked will lsweep them away,

because they refuse to do what is just.

Footnotes

[1] 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

Proverbs 21:14 (Listen)

14 rA gift in secret averts anger,

and a concealed bribe,1 strong wrath.

Footnotes

[1] 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

Proverbs 28:6 (Listen)

6 kBetter is a poor man who lwalks in his integrity

than a rich man who is lcrooked in his ways.

Proverbs 28:8 (Listen)

8 Whoever multiplies his wealth nby interest and profit1

ogathers it for him who is pgenerous to the poor.

Footnotes

[1] 28:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor

Proverbs 28:20 (Listen)

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,

but whoever hastens to be rich jwill not go unpunished.

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