Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;(A)
be assured,[a] he will not go unpunished.(B)

Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(C)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(D)

When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He[b] makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit hand to hand
  2. Proverbs 16:7 Or he

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