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Proverbs 12:27-28
Good News Translation

27 If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune.[a]

28 Righteousness is the road to life; wickedness[b] is the road to death.

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  1. Proverbs 12:27 Verse 27 in Hebrew is unclear.
  2. Proverbs 12:28 One ancient translation wickedness; Hebrew path.
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Proverbs 12:27-28
New International Version

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.
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