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22 The miser[a] is in a hurry to get wealthy,
    but he isn’t aware that poverty will catch up with him.

23 Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor
    than someone who flatters with his words.[b]

24 Whoever steals from his father or mother
    but claims, “It’s no sin,”
        is a companion to someone who demolishes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Lit. The man with an evil eye
  2. Proverbs 28:23 Lit. tongue