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Proverbs 12:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 12:25-27
1599 Geneva Bible
25 Heaviness in the heart of man doth bring it down: but a [a]good word rejoice it.
26 The righteous [b]is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked will deceive them.
27 The deceitful man roasteth not that he [c]took in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.
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- Proverbs 12:25 That is, words of comfort, or, a cheerful mind which is declared by his words, rejoiceth a man, as a covetous mind killeth him.
- Proverbs 12:26 That is, more liberal in giving.
- Proverbs 12:27 Although he get much by unlawful means, yet will he not spend it upon himself.
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