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The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a river, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a storm.
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As a generous person has cause to rejoice, so lawbreakers will utterly fail.
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The children of the ungodly put out few branches; they are unhealthy roots on sheer rock.
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The reeds by any water or river bank are plucked up before any grass;
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but kindness is like a garden of blessings, and almsgiving endures forever.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.