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Proverbs 12:8-12 Good News Bible (GNB)

8. If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

9. It is better to be an ordinary person working for a living than to play the part of someone great but go hungry.

10. Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs.

11. A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat, but it is stupid to waste time on useless projects.

12. All that wicked people want is to find evil things to do, but the righteous stand firm.

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