31 Don’t envy a violent man(A)
or choose any of his ways;
32 for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but he is a friend[a] to the upright.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:32 Or confidential counsel

31 Do not envy(A) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

32 For the Lord detests the perverse(B)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(C)

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The violence of the wicked sweeps them away
because they refuse to act justly.

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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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29 A wicked person puts on a bold face,(A)
but the upright one considers his way.

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29 The wicked put up a bold front,
    but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)

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