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Proverbs 28:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Proverbs 28:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
19 Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread,
but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
20 The faithful will abound with blessings,
but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good—
yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.
Proverbs 28:19-21
New International Version
Proverbs 28:19-21
New International Version
19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)
20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(B)
Proverbs 28:19-21
King James Version
Proverbs 28:19-21
King James Version
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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