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Proverbs 21:5-13 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5. The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.

6. He who makes treasure by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and seeker of death.

7. The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, for they refuse to do justice.

8. Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure is upright in his conduct.

9. Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a woman of contention.

10. The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor will not find mercy in his eyes.

11. With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

12. The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.

13. He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.

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