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All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will last forever.
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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.
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Wealth and wages make life sweet, but better than either is finding a treasure.
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Children and the building of a city establish one's name, but better than either is the one who finds wisdom. Cattle and orchards make one prosperous; but a blameless wife is accounted better than either.
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Wine and music gladden the heart, but the love of friends is better than either.
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The flute and the harp make sweet melody, but a pleasant voice is better than either.
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The eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than either.