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22 We all want other people to show faithful love.
    It is better to be poor than to deceive other people.
23 If you respect and obey the Lord,
    you will enjoy life.
You will have peace in your mind
    and no trouble will destroy you.
24 A lazy person pushes his hand into his bowl of food.
    But then he is too lazy to lift his hand up to his mouth.

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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.(A)

24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame