25 Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,(A)
26 for the Lord will be your confidence[a]
and will keep your foot from a snare.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:26 Or be at your side

25 Don’t fear sudden terror
    or the ruin that comes to the wicked.
26 The Lord will be your confidence;
    he will guard your feet from being snared.

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32 The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,(A)
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.(B)

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32 The wicked are thrown down by their own evil,
    but the righteous find refuge even in death.

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13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”(A)

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13 A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the street!
    I’ll be killed in the town square!”

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10 If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

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10 If you show yourself weak on a day of distress,
    your strength is too small.

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13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”(A)

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13 A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the path!
    A lion in the plazas!”

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28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(B)

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28 The wicked run away even though no one pursues them,
    but the righteous are as confident as a lion.

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