A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

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Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

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35 For whoever finds me finds life,
And (A)obtains favor from the Lord;

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35 For those who find me(A) find life(B)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(C)

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24 For he was a good man, (A)full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. (B)And a great many people were added to the Lord.

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24 He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit(A) and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.(B)

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(A)A good man deals graciously and lends;
He will guide his affairs (B)with discretion.

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Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,(A)
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

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Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.

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The foolish person will no longer be called [a]generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work (A)iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (B)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:5 noble

No longer will the fool(A) be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
For fools speak folly,(B)
    their hearts are bent on evil:(C)
They practice ungodliness(D)
    and spread error(E) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty(F)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
Scoundrels use wicked methods,(G)
    they make up evil schemes(H)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(I) is just.(J)

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31 Therefore (A)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)

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(A)No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit,
And no one has power in the day of death.
There is (B)no release from that war,
And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it.

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As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so

18 (A)A heart that devises wicked plans,
(B)Feet that are swift in running to evil,

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18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)

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15 (A)The [a]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

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  1. Psalm 9:15 Gentiles

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(B)

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