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28 The hope of the righteous is gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

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28 (A)The hope of the righteous brings joy,
    (B)but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

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30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed.
    But the wicked will not remain in the land.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 10:30 Or “earth”

30 (A)The righteous will never be removed,
    but (B)the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.

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The righteousness of the blameless (A)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

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With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.

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When the wicked dies, his (A)hope will perish,
    and (B)the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.

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(A)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.

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10 When good is with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

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10 (A)When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

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11 By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted,
    but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

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11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but (A)by the mouth of the wicked (B)it is overthrown.

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18 The wicked earns[a] deceptive gain,[b]
    but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.[c]

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  1. Proverbs 11:18 Or “does, makes”
  2. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “gain of deception”
  3. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “a reward of truth”

18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

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21 Rest assured,[a] the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but the offspring[b] of the righteous will escape.

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  1. Proverbs 11:21 Literally “Hand to hand”
  2. Proverbs 11:21 Or “seed”

21 (A)Be assured, (B)an evil person will not go unpunished,
    but (C)the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

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23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
    but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.

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23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    (A)the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

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31 If the righteous on earth will be repaid,
    how much more[a] the wicked and sinner.

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  1. Proverbs 11:31 Literally “more for”

31 If (A)the righteous is repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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