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The (A)eyes of Yahweh are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.

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The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.(A)

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

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13 If anyone returns evil for good,(A)
evil will never depart from his house.(B)

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26 It is also not good to (A)punish the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:26 Or noble unfairly

(A)A king who sits on the throne of justice
[a]Disperses all evil with his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:8 Or Sifts

A king sitting on a throne to judge
separates out all evil with his eyes.(A)

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10 He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will (A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the (B)blameless will inherit good.

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10 The one who leads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,(A)
but the blameless will inherit what is good.(B)

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21 To [a](A)show partiality is not good,
(B)Even for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face

21 It is not good to show partiality(A)
yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.(B)

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A Woman Who Fears Yahweh

Aleph

10 [a]An (A)excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far (B)above pearls.

Beth

11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.

Gimel

12 She deals bountifully with him for good and not evil
All the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Lit a woman of excellence, a woman of strength

In Praise of a Wife of Noble Character

10 Who can find a wife of noble character?[a](A)
She is far more precious than jewels.[b]
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will not lack anything good.
12 She rewards him with good, not evil,
all the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:10 Or a wife of quality, or a capable wife
  2. 31:10 Vv. 10–31 form an acrostic.