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Stand by your agreement, devote attention to accomplishing it, and grow old in your work.
21
Don't be amazed at the works of sinners, but trust in the Lord and continue your work, because it is easy in God's sight to make the poor person quickly and suddenly rich.
22
The Lord's blessing is part of the godly person's wages, and God's good pleasure causes a person to flourish very quickly.
23
Don't say, "What do I need? What good things will be mine from now on?"
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Don't say, "I have enough. What harm can come upon me from now on?"
25
At a time of prosperity, adversity is forgotten, and at a time of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.
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It is easy for the Lord to pay back people according to their ways in the hour of death.
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An hour of misery makes one forget luxury; the end of a person's life reveals his or her deeds.
28
Don't call anyone happy before their death; people are known through their children.
Friends and associates
29 Don't bring just anyone into your house, because deceitful people set many ambushes.
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The hearts of arrogant people are like decoy birds in a cage; and like spies they will observe your downfall.