29 The one who brings ruin on his household(A)
will inherit the wind,(B)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(C)
but violence[a] takes lives.

31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one

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