(A)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
(B)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    (C)the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.
The plans of (D)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (E)hasty comes (F)only to poverty.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing

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