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22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth,
    and he adds no trouble to it.
23 It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness,
    but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
24 What the wicked fear will overtake them,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,(D)
    but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

24 What the wicked dread(E) will overtake them;(F)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.(G)

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