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The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.
(D)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a (E)fleeting (F)vapour and a (G)snare of death.[a]
The violence of the wicked will (H)sweep them away,
    because they refuse to do what is just.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapour for those who seek death