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²²Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman without good sense.
²³The desire of the righteous ends only in good;
the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
²⁴Some give freely, yet grow all the richer;
others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
²⁵A generous person will be enriched,
and one who gives water will get water.
²⁶The people curse those who hold back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
²⁷Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but evil comes to the one who searches for it.
²⁸Those who trust in their riches will wither,
but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
²⁹Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
³⁰The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
but violence takes lives away.
³¹If the righteous are repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!