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Proverbs 21:17
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Whoever loves pleasure will become poor. Whoever loves wine and expensive food will not become rich.
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When justice is done, a righteous person is delighted, but troublemakers are terrified.
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A person who wanders from the way of wise behavior will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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Whoever loves pleasure will become poor. Whoever loves wine and expensive food will not become rich.
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Wicked people become a ransom for righteous people, and treacherous people will take the place of decent people.
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Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.
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