12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

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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

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(A)

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16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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16 Whoever strays from the path of prudence
    comes to rest in the company of the dead.(A)

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18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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18 The wicked become a ransom(A) for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love
    finds life, prosperity[a](A) and honor.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

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Evildoers are snared by their own sin,(A)
    but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

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