OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Proverbs 28:20

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A faithful man is rich with blessings;

but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

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Proverbs 28:17–23

17

A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death.

No one will support him.

18

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;

but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

19

One who works his land will have an abundance of food;

but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20
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A faithful man is rich with blessings;

but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

21

To show partiality is not good,

yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22

A stingy man hurries after riches,

and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

23

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than one who flatters with the tongue.

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