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18 ¶ Whosoever walks in integrity shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall into one of them.

19 ¶ He that tills his land shall be filled with bread, but he that follows after vain persons shall be filled with poverty.

20 ¶ The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(C)

20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one