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24 If you work hard, you will become a leader.
    But if you are lazy, you will become a slave.
25 If you worry all the time, it will make you sad.
    But kind words will make you happy.
26 A righteous person gives good advice to his friends.
    But wicked people are always taking the wrong path.

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24 Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)

25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(B)
    but a kind word cheers it up.

26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(C)

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