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25 Do not be afraid of sudden disaster,[a]
    or the devastation that comes to the wicked.
26 Indeed, the Lord will be your confidence,
    and he will keep your foot from being caught.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Lit. terror

25 Do not be afraid of sudden panic,[a]
    or the storm of wickedness that will come.
26 Yahweh will be your confidence[b]
    and guard your foot from capture.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Or “fear, dread”
  2. Proverbs 3:26 Literally “in your confidence”

32 The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing,
    but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in his own piety

32 By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown,
    and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the street!”

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13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
    In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”

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10 If you grow weary when times are troubled,
    your strength is limited.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:10 Or undersized

10 If you faint on the day of adversity,
    little is your strength.

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On Laziness

13 The lazy person claims, “There is a lion in the road!
    There’s a lion in the streets!”

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13 A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
    A lion among the streets!”

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Contrasting Good and Evil

28 The wicked flee, though no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold like a lion.

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28 The wicked flee, but no one pursues,
    but the righteous is bold like a lion.

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