10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
(B)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 (A)the righteous will be repaid on the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

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

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Footnotes

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

17 (A)Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in [a]the (B)fear of the Lord [b]always.
18 Certainly there is a [c](C)future,
And your (D)hope will not be cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:17 Or reverence for
  2. Proverbs 23:17 Lit all the day
  3. Proverbs 23:18 Lit latter end

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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