Proverbs 2:22
The Voice
22 But not the wicked; they will be forced out and banned from this promised land,
and those who deal in deceit will be plucked up like weeds.
Proverbs 4:14
The Voice
14 Do not start down the road of the wicked—
the first step is easy, but it leads to heartache—
do not go along the way of evildoers.
Proverbs 4:19
The Voice
19 Evildoers travel a dark road because they love to hide their deeds in darkness;
they can’t see the perils ahead that cause them to stumble.
Proverbs 5:22
The Voice
22 The wicked will be snared by their own wrongdoing.
Their flaws will tie their own hands, and they will be dragged through life by the cords of their sins.
Proverbs 6:12
The Voice
Laziness is not just a bad habit; it’s a threat—a clear and present danger. Since the beginning, God has made us in His image to create and tend His good creation. In other words, God has made us to work. It is in our spiritual DNA. We must do it in order to be who God made us and to fight off the threats of poverty and want. God has also created the Sabbath as a space for us to rest, of course, just as He rested on the seventh day.
12 Someone who struts around taking advantage of unsuspecting souls
and deceiving others is to be avoided.
Proverbs 10:6
The Voice
6 Blessings come to those who do what is right,
but words spoken by the wicked cover up violent schemes.
Proverbs 10:11
The Voice
11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
but words spoken by the wicked cover up violent schemes.
Proverbs 10:16
The Voice
16 The reward of those who do right is a satisfied life,
but the profits gained by those who do wrong is used to sin.
Proverbs 10:20
The Voice
20 The speech of those who do right is of greater value than the finest silver,
but the thoughts of wrongdoers are worthless.
Proverbs 10:24
The Voice
24 Whatever wrongdoers fear the most will happen to them,
but those who do right will receive what they long for.
Proverbs 10:25
The Voice
25 After the storm passes, the wrongdoers are blown away,
but those who do right are safe and sound on their firm foundations forever.
Proverbs 10:27
The Voice
27 Reverence for the Eternal makes for a long and peaceful life,
but a wrongdoer will have years taken away.
Proverbs 10:28
The Voice
28 The hope of those who do right is joy and celebration,
but the only prospect for those who do wrong is futility.
Proverbs 10:30
The Voice
30 The right-living will never have their land taken away,
but wrongdoers will be uprooted.
Proverbs 11:5
The Voice
5 The good deeds of the blameless pave a peaceful, productive path,
but wrongdoers trip over their own faults.
Proverbs 11:7
The Voice
7 When wrongdoers die, their hopes die with them.
Their great expectations vanish into nothing more than a dream.
Proverbs 11:8
The Voice
8 Those who do right are pulled from trouble;
it falls on wrongdoers instead who are left to sink in their own problems.
Proverbs 11:10
The Voice
10 When prosperity comes to those who do right, the whole city celebrates;
but when the wicked get their just punishment, there is joyous cheering.
Proverbs 11:11
The Voice
11 A city thrives through the blessing of those living right,
but the words of a wrongdoer will bring it to ruin.
Proverbs 11:18
The Voice
18 The wicked earn a living by deception,
but the one who plants righteousness gathers a true harvest.
Proverbs 11:21
The Voice
21 Certainly those who do wrong will not escape punishment,
but those who do right will go free.
Proverbs 11:23
The Voice
23 Those who live right crave what is good,
but the prospect of wrongdoers is wrath.
Proverbs 11:31
The Voice
31 If the righteous can expect to be repaid on earth,
how much more can the ungodly and the sinners?
Proverbs 14:11
The Voice
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
while the tent of the upright will prosper.
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