(A)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    (B)the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.
The plans of (C)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (D)hasty comes (E)only to poverty.
(F)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a (G)fleeting (H)vapor and a (I)snare of death.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing
  2. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

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