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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
    Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.
23 There is profit in hard work,
    but mere talk leads to poverty.
24 Wealth is the crown of the wise,
    and the folly of fools is folly.

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22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

23 All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show