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Proverbs 21:3-8 New International Version (NIV)

3. To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

4. Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

5. The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6. A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

7. The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

8. The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.