Proverbs 29:6-7

New Living Translation

⁶Evil people are trapped by sin,
but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.

⁷The godly care about the rights of the poor;
the wicked don’t care at all.

Proverbs 29:6-7

Living Bible

^5-6Flattery is a trap; evil men are caught in it, but good men stay away and sing for joy.

⁷The good man knows the poor man’s rights; the godless don’t care.

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

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.

¹⁰The godly pray for those who long to kill them.

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

¹⁶When rulers are wicked, their people are too; but good men will live to see the tyrant’s downfall.

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

²⁷The good hate the badness of the wicked. The wicked hate the goodness of the good.

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