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11 The houses of wicked people will be destroyed,
    but the tents of decent people will continue to expand.
12 There is a way that seems right to a person,
    but eventually it ends in death.
13 Even while laughing a heart can ache,
    and joy can end in grief.

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

12 There is a way that appears to be right,(C)
    but in the end it leads to death.(D)

13 Even in laughter(E) the heart may ache,
    and rejoicing may end in grief.

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11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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

12 (B)There is a way that seems right to a man,
But (C)its end is the way of (D)death.

13 Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,
And (E)the end of mirth may be grief.

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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 (B)There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but (C)its end is the way to death.[a]
13 Even in laughter the heart may ache,
    and (D)the end of joy may be (E)grief.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:12 Hebrew ways of death