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Evil people are trapped by sin,
    but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.

The godly care about the rights of the poor;
    the wicked don’t care at all.

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By transgression an evil man is (A)ensnared,
But the righteous (B)sings with joy and is glad.
The (C)righteous knows the cause of the poor,
The wicked does not understand that knowledge.

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10 The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
    but the upright seek to help them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.

10 Men of (A)bloodshed hate the blameless,
But the upright seek the well-being of his soul.

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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 When the wicked [a]increase, transgression increases;
But the (A)righteous will see their fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:16 Or become great

27 The righteous despise the unjust;
    the wicked despise the godly.

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

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