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30 Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

31 Whoever takes advantage of the poor insults their Maker, but whoever is kind to them honors him.

32 The wicked will be defeated by their evil, but good people are protected by their honesty.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:32 Or “The wicked will be crushed by their evil, and those who hope for their destruction are right to do so.”

30 A heart at peace gives life to the body,
    but envy rots the bones.(A)

31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,(B)
    but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.(C)

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(D)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(E)

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