Proverbs 11:29-31

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²⁹He who troubles his household will inherit wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.
³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    but lawlessness^[a] takes away lives.
³¹If the righteous is requited on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Proverbs 11:30 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb a wise man

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