The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is (A)riches and honor and life.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

17 Let not your heart (A)envy sinners,
    but continue in (B)the fear of the Lord all the day.
18 Surely (C)there is a future,
    and your (D)hope will not be cut off.

19 Hear, my son, and (E)be wise,
    and (F)direct your heart in the way.

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21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not join with those who do otherwise,

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Evil men (A)do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord (B)understand it completely.

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14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

25 (A)The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
26 Many (B)seek the face of a ruler,
    but it is from the Lord that a man (C)gets justice.

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