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16 The person who strays from common sense
    will end up in the company of the dead.

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16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding,
    in the assembly of the dead[a] he will rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:16 Or “Rephaim”

18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
    and traitors in place of the honest.

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18 A ransom for the righteous is the wicked,
    and the faithless instead of the upright.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.

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21 He who pursues righteousness and kindness
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.

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27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
    especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
    how much more when he brings it in divisiveness!

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Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
    and their reign of terror will come to an end.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 22:8 The Greek version includes an additional proverb: God blesses a man who gives cheerfully, / but his worthless deeds will come to an end. Compare 2 Cor 9:7.

He who sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of his anger will fail.

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15 Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
    and don’t raid the house where the godly live.
16 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
    But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

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15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;
    do not do violence to his dwelling place.
16 For seven times the righteous will fall, but he will rise,
    but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.

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26 Honor is no more associated with fools
    than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

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26 Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest,
    so honor is not fitting for a fool.

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Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
    and a fool with a rod to his back!

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
    and a rod for the back of fools.

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27 If you set a trap for others,
    you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
    it will crush you instead.

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27 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall,
    and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.

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16 When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes,
    but the godly will live to see their downfall.

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16 With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase,
    but the righteous will look on his downfall.

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