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Proverbs 10:14-16
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14 Wise people store knowledge in their minds.
    But when foolish people speak, trouble is near.
15 Money keeps rich people safe, like a strong city.
    But poor people die because they have no one to help them.
16 Righteous people receive life as their wages.[a]
    Wicked people receive only punishment.

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  1. 10:16 You do work and someone pays you for it. That money is called wages.
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Proverbs 10:14-16
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14 The wise store up knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.(B)

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(C)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(D)

16 The wages of the righteous is life,(E)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.(F)

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