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Proverbs 12:26-28
New Century Version
Proverbs 12:26-28
New Century Version
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.
28 Doing what is right is the way to life,
but there is another way that leads to death.
Proverbs 12:26-28
New International Version
Proverbs 12:26-28
New International Version
26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)
27 The lazy do not roast[a] any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(B)
along that path is immortality.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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