Proverbs 24:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ you may be sure that wisdom is good for the soul. Get wisdom and you have a bright future.

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¹⁵ Don't be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes. ¹⁶ No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.