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The good obtain favor from the Lord,
    but those who devise evil he condemns.(A)

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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 obtains favor from the Lord,(A)

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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, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were brought to the Lord.(A)

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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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It is well with those who deal generously and lend,
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

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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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Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually 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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A fool will no longer be called noble
    nor a villain said to be honorable.(A)
For fools speak folly,
    and their minds plot iniquity:
to practice ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.(B)
The villainies of villains are evil;
    they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.(C)

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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 they shall eat the fruit of their way
    and be sated with their own devices.(A)

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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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No one has power over the wind[a] to restrain the wind[b] or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8.8 Or breath
  2. 8.8 Or breath

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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Footnotes

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

18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
    feet that hurry to run to evil,(A)

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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 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
    in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.(A)

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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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