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14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
    and an idle person will suffer hunger.
16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises the word[a] will die.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:16 Cn Compare 13.13: Heb his ways

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