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25 Do not be afraid of sudden panic,[a]
    or the storm of wickedness that will come.
26 Yahweh will be your confidence[b]
    and guard your foot from capture.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Or “fear, dread”
  2. Proverbs 3:26 Literally “in your confidence”

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear,
Neither of the [a]desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:
26 For Jehovah will be thy confidence,
And will keep thy foot from being taken.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Or, storm

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 By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown,
    and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

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32 The wicked is thrust down in his [a]evil-doing;
But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

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  1. Proverbs 14:32 Or, calamity

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 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
    In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”

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13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.

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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 faint on the day of adversity,
    little is your strength.

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10 If thou faint in the day of adversity,
Thy strength is small.

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Saying 25

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

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13 A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
    A lion among the streets!”

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13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;
A lion is 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, but no one pursues,
    but the righteous is bold like a lion.

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28 The wicked flee when no man pursueth;
But the righteous are bold as 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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