Proverbs 2:22
World English Bible
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land.
The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 2:22
Modern English Version
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 4:14
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14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked.
Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:14
Modern English Version
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not go in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:19
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19 The way of the wicked is like darkness.
They don’t know what they stumble over.
Proverbs 4:19
Modern English Version
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness;
they do not know at what they stumble.
Proverbs 5:22
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22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Proverbs 5:22
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22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked himself,
and he is snared in the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 6:12
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12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 6:12
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Proverbs 10:6
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6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6
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6 Blessings are on the head of the just,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:11
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11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:11
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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:16
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16 The labor of the righteous leads to life.
The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
Proverbs 10:16
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16 The labor of the righteous tends to life,
the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 10:20
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20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Proverbs 10:20
Modern English Version
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 10:24
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24 What the wicked fear will overtake them,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 10:24
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24 The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Proverbs 10:25
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25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more;
but the righteous stand firm forever.
Proverbs 10:25
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25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more,
but the righteous has an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:27
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27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days,
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 10:27
Modern English Version
27 The fear of the Lord prolongs days,
but the years of the wicked will be shortened.
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