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21 Misfortune will pursue sinners,
    but the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.[a]
22 He who is good will leave an inheritance to his grandchildren,[b]
    and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner.
23 There is much food in the field of the poor,
    but it is swept away[c] by injustice.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:21 Literally “it will reward prosperity”
  2. Proverbs 13:22 Literally “sons of sons”
  3. Proverbs 13:23 Literally “there is sweeping away”
  4. Proverbs 13:23 Literally “no justice”