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Proverbs 20:13-17

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13If you want to sleep all the time, you will become poor; if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food.
14People look at things that they are about to buy, and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they say, “◄It is no good/It is poor quality►,” but after they buy it, they go and boast about having bought it for a cheap price.
15Gold and precious stones are valuable, but wise words MTY are more valuable.
16If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it DOU, you deserve to have someone take your coat from you.
17People may think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy eating gravel/sand.

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