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A high look, a proud heart,
    and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty,
    but of everyone who is hasty only to want.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a vanity tossed back and forth by those who seek death.

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Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit(B)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death