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25 A person’s anxiety will weigh him down,
    but an encouraging word makes him joyful.
26 A righteous person looks out for his neighbor,
    but the path of wicked people leads others astray.
27 A lazy hunter does not catch[a] his prey,
    but a hard-working person becomes wealthy.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:27 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
  2. Proverbs 12:27 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

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