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19 The (A)evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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22 Will they not wander in error who (A)devise evil?
But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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34 Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a disgrace to any people.

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The house of the (A)righteous has much treasure,
But in the income of the wicked there is trouble.

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The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh,
But He loves one who (A)pursues righteousness.

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When a man’s ways are pleasing to Yahweh,
He (A)makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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13 He who (A)returns evil for good,
(B)Evil will not depart from his house.

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When a wicked man comes, despising also comes,
And with disgrace comes reproach.

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The (A)folly of man subverts his way,
But his heart (B)rages against Yahweh.

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19 A man of great wrath will bear the penalty,
For if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

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29 [a]Judgments are established for (A)scoffers,
And (B)beatings for the back of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:29 Gr Rods

A righteous man who (A)walks in his integrity—
(B)How blessed are his sons after him.

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The destruction of the wicked will drag them away,
Because they (A)refuse to do justice.

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12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,
Turning the (A)wicked to ruin.

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16 A man who wanders from the way of insight
Will (A)rest in the assembly of the [a]dead.

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  1. Proverbs 21:16 Lit departed spirits

18 The wicked is a (A)ransom for the righteous,
And the (B)treacherous is in the place of the upright.

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21 He who (A)pursues righteousness and lovingkindness
Finds life, righteousness, and glory.

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27 The (A)sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
How much more when he brings it with a wicked scheme!

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He who (A)sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the (B)rod of his fury will end.

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15 (A)Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16 For a (B)righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the (C)wicked will stumble in [a]calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:16 Lit evil

26 Like snow in summer and like (A)rain in harvest,
So glory is not (B)fitting for a fool.

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A (A)whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a (B)rod for the back of fools.

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27 He who (A)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.

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16 When the wicked [a]increase, transgression increases;
But the (A)righteous will see their fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:16 Or become great