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25 Worry is a heavy load,
    but a kind word cheers you up.

26 Good people take advice from their friends,
    but an evil person is easily led to do wrong.

27 The lazy catch no food to cook,
    but a hard worker will have great wealth.

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

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

27 The lazy do not roast[a] any game,
    but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.