The eyes(A) of the Lord are everywhere,(B)
    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.(C)

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(A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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13 Evil will never leave the house
    of one who pays back evil(A) for good.(B)

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13 Whoever (A)rewards evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

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26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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26 Also, to punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

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When a king sits on his throne to judge,(A)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(B)

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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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10 (A)Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way,
He himself will fall into his own pit;
(B)But the blameless will inherit good.

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21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

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21 (A)To [a]show partiality is not good,
(B)Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:21 Lit. recognize faces

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

10 [a]A wife of noble character(A) who can find?(B)
    She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband(C) has full confidence in her
    and lacks nothing of value.(D)
12 She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

The Virtuous Wife

10 (A)Who[a] can find a [b]virtuous wife?
For her worth is far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Vv. 10–31 are an alphabetic acrostic in Hebrew; cf. Ps. 119
  2. Proverbs 31:10 Lit. a wife of valor, in the sense of all forms of excellence