(A)A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the [a]plowing of the wicked are sin.

(B)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

(C)Getting treasures by a lying tongue
[b]Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp
  2. Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death

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