21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

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