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10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

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10 My child, if sinners entice you,
    turn your back on them!

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:31 Literally “more for”

31 If the righteous are rewarded here on earth,
    what will happen to wicked sinners?[a]

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  1. 11:31 Greek version reads If the righteous are barely saved, / what will happen to godless sinners? Compare 1 Pet 4:18.

17 May your heart[a] not envy the sinners,
    but live in fear of Yahweh all day.[b]
18 Surely[c] there is a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 23:17 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 23:17 Literally “all the day”
  3. Proverbs 23:18 Literally “For if”

17 Don’t envy sinners,
    but always continue to fear the Lord.
18 You will be rewarded for this;
    your hope will not be disappointed.

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