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25 Worry can rob you of happiness, but kind words will cheer you up.

26 The righteous person is a guide to his friend, but the path of the wicked leads them astray.

27 If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:27 Verse 27 in Hebrew is unclear.

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