OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 27:24

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for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

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Verse 24. Generation. Thou wilt be cited as an example of prudence, if thou hast forseen the change of thy affairs, and provided for it. In the east it was not unusual to see a general of an army reduced to the meanest condition, and economy is necessary for all.

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