(A)The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the house of the righteous will stand.

A man will be commended according to his wisdom,
(B)But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

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The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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12 The wicked covet the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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21 (A)No grave [a]trouble will overtake the righteous,
But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:21 harm

21 There shall no evil happen to the just, but the wicked shall be filled with troubles.

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28 In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

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28 In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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(A)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way, but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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The light of the righteous rejoices,
(A)But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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The light of the righteous rejoiceth, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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21 (A)Evil pursues sinners,
But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But (B)the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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21 Evil pursueth sinners, but to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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25 (A)The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul,
But the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.

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25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want.

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

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11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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14 The backslider in heart will be (A)filled with his own ways,
But a good man will be satisfied [a]from (B)above.

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  1. Proverbs 14:14 Lit. from above himself

14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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19 The evil will bow before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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19 The evil bow before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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22 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

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22 Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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