15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(A)

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15 It is a joy for the just to do justice,
But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

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He who sows iniquity will reap (A)sorrow,[a]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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  1. Proverbs 22:8 trouble

Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)

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22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)

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11 (A)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in (A)righteousness.

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Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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(A)Evil men do not understand justice,
But (B)those who seek the Lord understand all.

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By justice a king gives a country stability,(A)
    but those who are greedy for[a] bribes tear it down.

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  1. Proverbs 29:4 Or who give

The king establishes the land by justice,
But he who receives bribes overthrows it.

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26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.(B)

27 The righteous detest the dishonest;
    the wicked detest the upright.(C)

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit. face

Speak(A) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(B)

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(A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away