The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.
(D)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a (E)fleeting (F)vapor and a (G)snare of death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

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