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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word [b]bringeth destruction on himself;
But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.
  2. Proverbs 13:13 Or, maketh himself a debtor thereto