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10 Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.[a]

11 Farmers who work their land have plenty of food, but those who waste their time on worthless projects are foolish.

12 The wicked want a share of what an evil man might catch. But like a plant with deep roots, a good man is the one who produces the most.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 12:10 but the wicked … cruel Or “but even the ‘kindness’ of the wicked is still cruelty.”
  2. Proverbs 12:12 The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.

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