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Proud looks, proud thoughts,
    and evil actions are sin.

The plans of hard-working people earn a profit,
    but those who act too quickly become poor.

Wealth that comes from telling lies
    vanishes like a mist and leads to 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