22 A greedy man[a] is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.(A)

23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(B)
than one who flatters[b] with his tongue.(C)

24 The one who robs his father or mother(D)
and says, “That’s no sin,”(E)
is a companion to a man who destroys.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Lit A man with an evil eye
  2. Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth

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