27 A lazy hunter doesn’t roast his game,(A)
but to a diligent person, his wealth is precious.(B)

28 There is life in the path of righteousness,
and in its path there is no death.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:28 Or righteousness, but the crooked way leads to death

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;(A)
    along that path is immortality.

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Footnotes

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