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22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land.
    The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked.
    Don’t walk in the way of evil men.

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19 The way of the wicked is like darkness.
    They don’t know what they stumble over.

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22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
    The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

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12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
    is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

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Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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11 The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life,
    but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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16 The labor of the righteous leads to life.
    The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

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20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
    The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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24 What the wicked fear will overtake them,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more;
    but the righteous stand firm forever.

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27 The fear of Yahweh prolongs days,
    but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hope of the wicked will perish.

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30 The righteous will never be removed,
    but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
    but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
    and expectation of power comes to nothing.

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A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,
    and the wicked takes his place.

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10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices.
    When the wicked perish, there is shouting.

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11 By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted,
    but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages,
    but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

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21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished,
    but the offspring[a] of the righteous will be delivered.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:21 or, seed

23 The desire of the righteous is only good.
    The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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