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Proverbs 21:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 21:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.(A)
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare[a] of death.(B)
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away
because they refuse to do what is just.(C)
Footnotes
- 21.6 Gk: Heb seekers
Proverbs 21:5-7
New International Version
Proverbs 21:5-7
New International Version
5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(C)
for they refuse to do what is right.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
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