Proverbs 12:2
New Living Translation
2 The Lord approves of those who are good,
but he condemns those who plan wickedness.
Proverbs 12:2
New International Version
Proverbs 8:35
New Living Translation
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 8:35
New International Version
Acts 11:24
New Living Translation
24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and strong in faith. And many people were brought to the Lord.
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Acts 11:24
New International Version
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)
Psalm 112:5
New Living Translation
5 Good comes to those who lend money generously
and conduct their business fairly.
Psalm 112:5
New International Version
5 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,(A)
who conduct their affairs with justice.
Romans 5:7
New Living Translation
7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good.
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Romans 5:7
New International Version
7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
Isaiah 32:5-7
New Living Translation
5 In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
6 For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the Lord.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
7 The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
Isaiah 32:5-7
New International Version
5 No longer will the fool(A) be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 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.
7 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)
Proverbs 1:31
New Living Translation
31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,
choking on their own schemes.
Proverbs 1:31
New International Version
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)
Ecclesiastes 8:8
New Living Translation
8 None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
New International Version
8 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.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:8 Or over the human spirit to retain it, / and so
Proverbs 6:18
New Living Translation
18 a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
Proverbs 6:18
New International Version
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)
Psalm 9:15
New Living Translation
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.
Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
Psalm 9:15
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