Proverbs 10:24-26

Easy-to-Read Version

²⁴The wicked will be defeated by what they fear, but good people will get what they want.

²⁵The wicked are destroyed when trouble comes, but good people stand strong forever.

²⁶Sending a lazy person to do anything is as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.

Proverbs 10:24-26

New International Version

²⁴What the wicked dread^(A) will overtake them;^(B)
what the righteous desire will be granted.^(C)

²⁵When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
but the righteous stand firm^(D) forever.^(E)

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth and smoke^(F) to the eyes,
so are sluggards to those who send them.^(G)

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