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Proverbs 21:4
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Proverbs 21:4
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4 The proud eyes and hearts of sinful people are like a field not plowed.
Those things produce nothing good.
Proverbs 21:4
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Proverbs 21:4
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4 Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
Proverbs 21:7
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Proverbs 21:7
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7 The harmful things that evil people do will drag them away.
They refuse to do what is right.
Proverbs 21:7
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Proverbs 21:7
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7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
for they refuse to do what is right.
Proverbs 21:10
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Proverbs 21:10
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10 Sinful people long to do evil.
They don’t show their neighbors any mercy.
Proverbs 21:10
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Proverbs 21:10
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10 The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Proverbs 21:12
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Proverbs 21:12
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12 The Blameless One knows where sinners live.
And he destroys them.
Proverbs 21:12
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Proverbs 21:12
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- Proverbs 21:12 Or The righteous person
Proverbs 21:18
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Proverbs 21:18
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18 Evil people become the payment for setting godly people free.
Those who aren’t faithful are the payment for honest people.
Proverbs 21:18
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Proverbs 21:18
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18 The wicked become a ransom(A) for the righteous,
and the unfaithful for the upright.
Proverbs 21:27
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Proverbs 21:27
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27 God hates sacrifices that are brought by evil people.
He hates it even more when they bring them for the wrong reason.
Proverbs 21:27
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Proverbs 21:27
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Proverbs 21:29
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Proverbs 21:29
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29 Sinful people try to look as if they were bold.
But honest people think about how they live.
Proverbs 21:29
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Proverbs 21:29
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29 The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)
Proverbs 24:15
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Proverbs 24:15
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Saying 27
15 Don’t hide and wait like a burglar near a godly person’s house.
Don’t rob their home.
Proverbs 24:15
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Proverbs 24:15
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Saying 27
15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
do not plunder their dwelling place;
Proverbs 24:16
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Proverbs 24:16
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16 Even if godly people fall down seven times, they always get up.
But those who are evil trip and fall when trouble comes.
Proverbs 24:16
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Proverbs 24:16
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16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)
Proverbs 24:19-20
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Proverbs 24:19-20
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Saying 29
19 Don’t be upset because of evil people.
Don’t long for what sinners have.
20 Tomorrow evil people won’t have any hope.
The lamps of sinners will be blown out.
Proverbs 24:19-20
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Proverbs 24:19-20
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Saying 29
Proverbs 25:4-5
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Proverbs 25:4-5
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4 Remove the scum from the silver.
Then the master worker can make something out of it.
5 Remove ungodly officials from where the king is.
Then the king can make his throne secure because of the godliness around him.
Proverbs 25:4-5
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Proverbs 25:4-5
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Proverbs 28:1
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Proverbs 28:1
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28 Sinners run away even when no one is chasing them.
But those who do what is right are as bold as lions.
Proverbs 28:1
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Proverbs 28:1
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Proverbs 28:4
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Proverbs 28:4
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4 Those who turn away from instruction praise sinners.
But those who learn from it oppose them.
Proverbs 28:4
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Proverbs 28:4
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4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
but those who heed it resist them.
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