23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk ktends only to poverty.
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Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
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