OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 27

Proverbs 11:27

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He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,

but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

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Proverbs 11:24–30

24

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more.

There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

25

The liberal soul shall be made fat.

He who waters shall be watered also himself.

26

People curse someone who withholds grain,

but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

27
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He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,

but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

28

He who trusts in his riches will fall,

but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

29

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.

The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.

He who is wise wins souls.

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