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Wicked people are controlled by their conceit and arrogance, and this is sinful.

Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.

The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.

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Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit(B)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death