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The (A)light of the righteous is glad,
But the (B)lamp of the wicked goes out.

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The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.(A)

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14 The [a]instruction of the wise is a (A)fountain of life,
To turn aside from the (B)snares of death.
15 (C)Good insight gives grace,
But the way of the treacherous is [b]unrelenting.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:14 Or law
  2. Proverbs 13:15 Lit constant

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

15 Good judgment wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But the (B)righteous are repaid with good.

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21 Trouble pursues the sinner,(A)
    but the righteous(B) are rewarded with good things.(C)

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