28 The hope of the righteous is joy,(A)
but the expectation of the wicked will perish.(B)

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28 The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

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30 The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(A)

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30 The righteous will never totter,
    but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(A)

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

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The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

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When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

When the wicked die, hope perishes,
    and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.(A)

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The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.(A)

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The righteous are delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked come into it instead.(A)

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10 When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices;(A)
when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.(B)

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10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.(A)

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11 A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,(A)
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.(B)

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11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.(A)

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18 The wicked person earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.(A)

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18 The wicked earn no real gain,
    but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.(A)

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21 Be assured[a] that a wicked person
will not go unpunished,(A)
but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:21 Lit Hand to hand

21 Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will escape.(A)

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23 The desire of the righteous turns out well,(A)
but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.(B)

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23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

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31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.(A)

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31 If the righteous are repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!(A)

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the upright will flourish.(A)

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11 The house of the wicked is destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright flourishes.(A)

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