11 Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

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11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(A)

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21 (A)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

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21 Evil will slay the wicked;(A)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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11 (A)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
    and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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21 The tongue has the power of life and death,(A)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.(B)

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20 (A)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
    and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

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20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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21 (A)Disaster[a] pursues sinners,
    (B)but the righteous are rewarded with good.

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  1. Proverbs 13:21 Or Evil

21 Trouble pursues the sinner,(A)
    but the righteous(B) are rewarded with good things.(C)

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13 An evil man is ensnared (A)by the transgression of his lips,[a]
    (B)but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 12:13 Or In the transgression of the lips, there is an evil snare

13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

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17 (A)haughty eyes, (B)a lying tongue,
    and (C)hands that shed innocent blood,

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17         haughty eyes,(A)
        a lying tongue,(B)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(C)

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May the Lord cut off all (A)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (B)great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
    our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

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May the Lord silence all flattering lips(A)
    and every boastful tongue—(B)
those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(C)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

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16 The Lord has made himself (A)known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah

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  1. Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term

16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

14 Behold, the wicked man (A)conceives evil
    and is (B)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
15 He makes (C)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (D)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth(A) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit(B) they have made.(C)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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