25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side(A)
    and will keep your foot(B) from being snared.(C)

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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 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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

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

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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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Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!(A)

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

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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)

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

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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

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