Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(A)
you, the righteous God(B)
    who probes minds and hearts.(C)

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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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The Lord examines the righteous,(A)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(B)

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The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(A)
    for I see violence and strife(B) in the city.(C)

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Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

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No, in your heart you devise injustice,(A)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(B)

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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

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14 He will rescue(A) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious(B) is their blood in his sight.

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14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

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Therefore pride(A) is their necklace;(B)
    they clothe themselves with violence.(C)

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Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

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20 Have regard for your covenant,(A)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(B) of the land.

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20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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

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11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(A)

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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
    but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,(A)
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(B)

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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

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A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

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