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28 The hopes of the godly result in happiness,
    but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.

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28 What the righteous hope for brings joy,
    but the expectation of the wicked dies.

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)

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30 The godly will never be disturbed,
    but the wicked will be removed from the land.

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30 The righteous will never be overthrown,
    but the wicked will never inhabit the land.

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30 The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.(A)

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The godly are directed by honesty;
    the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

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The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path,
    but the wicked fall by their wickedness.

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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)

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When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
    for they rely on their own feeble strength.

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When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes;[a]
    and what he[b] expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 So MT; LXX reads When a righteous man dies, his hope does not perish
  2. Proverbs 11:7 So MT; LXX reads what the ungodly

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

The godly are rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.

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The righteous person is delivered from trouble;
    it comes upon the wicked instead.

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The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(A)

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10 The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed;
    they shout for joy when the wicked die.

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10 The city rejoices when the righteous prosper,
    and when the wicked perish there is jubilation.

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10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;(A)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.(B)

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11 Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper,
    but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.

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11 Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up,
    but what the wicked say tears it down.

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11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,(A)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.(B)

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18 Evil people get rich for the moment,
    but the reward of the godly will last.

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18 Evil people earn deceptive wages,
    but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

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21 Evil people will surely be punished,
    but the children of the godly will go free.

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21 Be sure of this:[a] the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but the descendants of the righteous will go free.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:21 Lit. Hand to hand

21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.(A)

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