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

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The Lord is watching everywhere,
    keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.

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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 you repay good with evil,
    evil will never leave your house.

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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 wrong to punish the godly for being good
    or to flog leaders for being honest.

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(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

When a king sits in judgment, he weighs all the evidence,
    distinguishing the bad from the good.

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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 Those who lead good people along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,
    but the honest will inherit good things.

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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 Showing partiality is never good,
    yet some will do wrong for a mere piece of bread.

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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

A Wife of Noble Character

10 [a]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
    She is more precious than rubies.
11 Her husband can trust her,
    and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:10 Verses 10-31 comprise a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.