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10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.
11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.
12 Hope that is deferred makes the heart[c] sick,
    but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”
  3. Proverbs 13:12 Or “mind”