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

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The light of the righteous shines,
    but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

15 Good judgment wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

14 What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life
    and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.
15 Good understanding produces grace,
    but the lifestyle of the treacherous never changes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 So MT; LXX Syr read grace, and to know the Law is the sign of a sound mind, but the path of scorners ends in destruction

21 Trouble pursues the sinner,(A)
    but the righteous(B) are rewarded with good things.(C)

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21 Disaster pursues the sinful,
    but good will reward the righteous.

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