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22 But (A)the wicked will be cut off from the land
And (B)the treacherous will be (C)torn away from it.

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22 And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land,
    and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of wicked men
And do not step into the way of evil men.

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14 In the path of the wicked do not go;
    do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

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19 The (A)way of the wicked is like thick darkness;
They do not know over what they [a](B)stumble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:19 Or may stumble

19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
    they do not know what they stumble over.

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22 His (A)own iniquities will capture him who is the wicked one,
And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast.

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22 His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer,
    and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

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12 A (A)vile person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a (B)perverse mouth,

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Against Worthlessness

12 A worthless man, an evil man,
    goes around with deceitful speech.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:12 Literally “crookedness of mouth”

(A)Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But (B)the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.

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Blessings belong to the head of the righteous,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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11 The (A)mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
But (B)the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.

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11 A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness,
    and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.

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16 The [a](A)wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:16 Or work

16 The wage of the righteous leads to life;
    the gain of the wicked to sin.

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20 The tongue of the righteous is as (A)choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

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20 Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness,
    a heart[a] of wickedness is of little worth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:20 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 10:20 Literally “like a little”

24 What (A)the wicked dreads will come upon him,
But the (B)desire of the righteous will be granted.

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24 The dread of the wicked will come upon him,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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25 When the (A)whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the (B)righteous has an everlasting foundation.

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25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,
    but the righteous have a foundation forever.

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27 The (A)fear of Yahweh prolongs [a]life,
But the (B)years of the wicked will be shortened.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:27 Lit days

27 The fear of Yahweh adds life,
    but the years of the wicked are shortened.

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