11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

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33 The Lord’s curse(A) is on the house of the wicked,(B)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.(C)

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The wicked are overthrown and are no more,(A)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.(B)

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26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(A) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(B)’”

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28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(A)
    the tents where the wicked lived?’(B)

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12 The Righteous One[a] takes note of the house of the wicked
    and brings the wicked to ruin.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:12 Or The righteous person

14 He is torn from the security of his tent(A)
    and marched off to the king(B) of terrors.(C)
15 Fire resides[a] in his tent;(D)
    burning sulfur(E) is scattered over his dwelling.

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  1. Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains

11 The Lord will guide(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(B) in a sun-scorched land(C)
    and will strengthen(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(E)
    like a spring(F) whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(G)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(H)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(I)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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15 They lean on the web,(A) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(B)

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(A)
    within your house;
your children(B) will be like olive shoots(C)
    around your table.

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Their children(A) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches(B) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures(C) forever.

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13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(A)
14 However many his children,(B) their fate is the sword;(C)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(D)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.(E)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(F)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(G)
17 what he lays up(H) the righteous will wear,(I)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(J)
18 The house(K) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(L)
    like a hut(M) made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(N)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(O)
20 Terrors(P) overtake him like a flood;(Q)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.(R)
21 The east wind(S) carries him off, and he is gone;(T)
    it sweeps him out of his place.(U)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(V)
    as he flees headlong(W) from its power.(X)
23 It claps its hands(Y) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”(Z)

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26     total darkness(A) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(B) unfanned will consume him(C)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(D)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.(E)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(F)
    rushing waters[a] on the day of God’s wrath.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away

21 Surely such is the dwelling(A) of an evil man;(B)
    such is the place(C) of one who does not know God.”(D)

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34 For the company of the godless(A) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(B) the tents of those who love bribes.(C)

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if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(A)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(B)

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