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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 28, Verse 19

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Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
King James Version
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
American Standard Version
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
New English Translation
The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
World English Bible
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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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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He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyer.
25
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
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He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
27
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
28
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
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He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.