33 (A)The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But (B)He blesses the home of the just.
34 (C)Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.
35 The wise shall inherit glory,
But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

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(A)The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish,
But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

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22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.

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24 (A)The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
And (B)the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 When the whirlwind passes by, (C)the wicked is no more,
But (D)the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

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28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
But the (A)expectation of the wicked will perish.
29 The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
But (B)destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

30 (C)The righteous will never be removed,
But the wicked will not inhabit the [a]earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:30 land

The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

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The righteousness of the blameless will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (A)wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will (B)perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.
(C)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight

19 As righteousness leads to (A)life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own (B)death.
20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.
21 (C)Though they join [a]forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But (D)the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

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  1. Proverbs 11:21 Lit. hand to hand

23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked (A)is wrath.

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27 He who earnestly seeks good [a]finds favor,
(A)But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

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  1. Proverbs 11:27 Lit. seeks

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And (A)he who [a]wins souls is wise.

31 (B)If the righteous will be [b]recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner.

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  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
  2. Proverbs 11:31 rewarded

A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

A man is not established by wickedness,
But the (A)root of the righteous cannot be moved.

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