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34 Righteousness exalts a nation,
    but sin is a reproach to any people.

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34 Righteousness exalteth a nation;
But sin is a reproach to [a]any people.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:34 Hebrew peoples.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
    but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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When the righteous [a]are increased, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:2 Or, are in authority

18 Where there is no prophecy the people cast off restraint,
    but blessed is he who keeps the law.

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18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint;
But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

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