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11 As a partridge that broods over young that she did not lay,
    so is one who gets wealth, unjustly.
    In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
    so at his end he will be a fool.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 17:11 cf. Luke 12:20.

11 As a partridge that [a]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It (A)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be (B)a fool.”

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  1. Jeremiah 17:11 Sits on eggs

11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(A)

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11 那不按正道得财的,好像鹧鸪抱不是自己下的蛋,到了中年,那财都必离开他,他终究成为愚顽人。”

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