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Proverbs 11:24-31

24 Some give freely but get even richer. Others don't give what they should but get even poorer.

24 One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

25 Anyone who gives a lot will succeed. Anyone who renews others will be renewed.

25 A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.

26 People call down curses on those who store up grain for themselves. But blessing makes those who are willing to sell feel like kings.

26 People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

27 Anyone who looks for what is good finds favor. But bad things happen to a person who plans to do evil.

27 Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.

28 Those who trust in their riches will fall. But those who do right will be as healthy as a green leaf.

28 Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

29 Those who bring trouble on their families will receive nothing but wind. And foolish people will serve wise people.

29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

30 The fruit that godly people bear is like a tree of life. And those who lead others to do what is right are wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.

31 Godly people get what they should get on earth. So ungodly people and sinners will certainly get what they should get!

31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!