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It is better to appear unimportant and have a servant than to pretend to be important and have no food.

10 Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.[a]

11 Farmers who work their land have plenty of food, but those who waste their time on worthless projects are foolish.

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  1. Proverbs 12:10 but the wicked … cruel Or “but even the ‘kindness’ of the wicked is still cruelty.”

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