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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31 Don’t envy violent people
    or copy their ways.
32 Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
    but he offers his friendship to the godly.

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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 sweeps them away,
    because they refuse to do what is just.

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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 bluff their way through,
    but the virtuous think before they act.

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