25 Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,(A)
26 for the Lord will be your confidence[a]
and will keep your foot from a snare.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:26 Or be at your side

25 Do not be afraid of sudden disaster,[a]
    or the devastation that comes to the wicked.
26 Indeed, the Lord will be your confidence,
    and he will keep your foot from being caught.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Lit. terror

25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side(A)
    and will keep your foot(B) from being snared.(C)

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32 The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,(A)
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.(B)

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32 The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing,
    but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in his own piety

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”(A)

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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the street!”

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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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10 If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

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10 If you grow weary when times are troubled,
    your strength is limited.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:10 Or undersized

Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!(A)

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13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”(A)

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On Laziness

13 The lazy person claims, “There is a lion in the road!
    There’s a lion in the streets!”

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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)

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28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(B)

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Contrasting Good and Evil

28 The wicked flee, though no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold like a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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