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20 But wicked people will die.
    They are the Lord's enemies.
They will disappear like smoke from a fire that burns them up.

21 If you lend money to a wicked person,
    he will not give it back to you.
But righteous people are kind to others
    and they give things freely.
22 Yes, people that the Lord blesses
    will live safely in the land.
But people that he has cursed
    will disappear.

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20 But the wicked will perish:(A)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.(B)

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
    but the righteous give generously;(C)
22 those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
    but those he curses(D) will be destroyed.(E)

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