25 (A)Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,
    but a good word makes him glad.
26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,[a]
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
27 (B)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
    but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:26 Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully
  2. Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth

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