31 Don’t envy a violent man(A)
or choose any of his ways;
32 for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend[a] to the upright.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:32 Or confidential counsel

31 Do not envy a violent man,
    and do not emulate his lifestyle.[a]
32 Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting[b] to the Lord,
    but he takes the upright into his confidence.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:31 Lit. ways
  2. Proverbs 3:32 Lit. an abomination
  3. Proverbs 3:32 Lit. but his secret counsel is with the upright

31 Do not envy(A) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

32 For the Lord detests the perverse(B)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(C)

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The violence of the wicked sweeps them away
because they refuse to act justly.

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Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away
    because they refuse to do what is just.

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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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29 A wicked man puts on a bold face,(A)
but the upright man considers his way.

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29 The wicked man puts up a bold appearance,
    but the upright thinks about what he is doing.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:29 Lit. about his ways

29 The wicked put up a bold front,
    but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)

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