15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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15 It is joy to the just to do judgment:
    but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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He who sows iniquity will reap (A)sorrow,[a]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:8 trouble

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity:
    and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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11 (A)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.

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11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death,
and those that are ready to be slain;

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Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in (A)righteousness.

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Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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(A)Evil men do not understand justice,
But (B)those who seek the Lord understand all.

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Evil men understand not judgment:
but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

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The king establishes the land by justice,
But he who receives bribes overthrows it.

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The king by judgment establisheth the land:
but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit. face

26 Many seek the ruler’s favour;
but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just:
and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

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(A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away

Open thy mouth for the dumb
in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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