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The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.
11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

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