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destroy yourself.9You will be safe,if you always do right,but you will get caught,if you are dishonest.10Deceit causes trouble,and foolish talkwill bring you to ruin.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.10.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 11The words of good peopleare a source of life,but evil hides behindthe words of the wicked.12<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.10.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Hatred stirs up trouble;love overlooks the wrongsthat others do.13If you have good sense,it will show when you speak.But if you are stupid,you will be beatenwith a stick.14If you have good sense,you will learn all you can,but foolish talkwill soon destroy you.15Great wealth can be a fortress,but povertyis no protection at all.16If you live right,the reward is a good life;if you are evil,all you have is sin.17Accept correction,and you will find life;reject correction,and you will miss the road.18You can hide your hatredby telling lies,but you are a foolto spread lies.19You will say the wrong thingif you talk too much—so be sensible and watchwhat you say.20The words of a good personare like pure silver,but the thoughtsof an evil personare almost worthless.21Many are helpedby useful instruction,but fools are killedby their own stupidity.22When the Lord blesses youwith riches,you have nothing to regret.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.10.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 23Fools enjoy doing wrong,but anyone with good senseenjoys acting wisely.24What evil people dread mostwill happen to them,but good people will getwhat they want most.25Those crooks will disappearwhen a storm strikes,but God will keep safeall who obey him.26Having a lazy person on the jobis like a mouth full of vinegaror smoke in your eyes.27If you respect the Lord,you will live longer;if you keep doing wrong,your life will be cut short.28If you obey the Lord,you will be happy,but there is no futurefor the wicked.29The Lord protects everyonewho lives right,but he destroys anyonewho does wrong.30Good people will stand firm,but the wicked will disappearfrom the land.31Honest people speak sensibly,but deceitful liarswill be silenced.32If you obey the Lord,you will always knowthe right thing to say.But no one will trust youif you tell lies.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and foolish … ruin: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation “but you can help people by correcting them.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">When … regret: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “No matter how hard you work, your riches really come from the <char style="nd">Lord</char>.”</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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