The light of the righteous shines brightly,(A)
but the lamp of the wicked is put out.(B)

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(A)The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but (B)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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14 A wise person’s instruction is a fountain of life,(A)
turning people away from the snares of death.(B)

15 Good sense wins favor,(C)
but the way of the treacherous never changes.[a]

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  1. 13:15 LXX, Syr, Tg read treacherous will perish

14 The teaching of the wise is (A)a fountain of life,
    that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.
15 (C)Good sense wins (D)favor,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut

21 Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous.(A)

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21 (A)Disaster[a] pursues sinners,
    (B)but the righteous are rewarded with good.

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  1. Proverbs 13:21 Or Evil