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Proverbs 19:22-29
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Proverbs 19:22-29
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It is a disgrace to be greedy; poor people are better off than liars.
23
Obey the Lord and you will live a long life, content and safe from harm.
24
Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
25
Arrogance should be punished, so that people who don't know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected.
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Only a shameful, disgraceful person would mistreat his father or turn his mother away from his home.
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My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know.
28
There is no justice where a witness is determined to hurt someone. Wicked people love the taste of evil.
29
A conceited fool is sure to get a beating.
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It . . . greedy; [or] Loyalty is what is desired in a person.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.