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16 The person who strays from common sense
    will end up in the company of the dead.

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16 Whoever wanders from the path of understanding
    will end up where the dead[a] are gathered.

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  1. Proverbs 21:16 Lit. the departed spirits

18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
    and traitors in place of the honest.

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18 The wicked are ransom for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and gracious love
    finds life, righteousness, and honor.

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27 The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
    especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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27 What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable—
    how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

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Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster,
    and their reign of terror will come to an end.[a]

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  1. 22:8 The Greek version includes an additional proverb: God blesses a man who gives cheerfully, / but his worthless deeds will come to an end. Compare 2 Cor 9:7.

Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble,
    and the anger he uses for a weapon[a] will be destroyed.

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  1. Proverbs 22:8 Lit. rod

15 Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
    and don’t raid the house where the godly live.
16 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
    But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

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15 Don’t lie in wait like an outlaw
    to attack where the righteous live;
16 for though a righteous man falls seven times,
    he will rise again,
        but the wicked stumble into calamity.

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26 Honor is no more associated with fools
    than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

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On Fools

26 Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time,
so honor is inappropriate for a fool.

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Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
    and a fool with a rod to his back!

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A whip is for the horses,
    a bridle is for the donkey,
        a rod is for the back of fools.

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27 If you set a trap for others,
    you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
    it will crush you instead.

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27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
    and the stone will come back
        on whoever starts it rolling.

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16 When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes,
    but the godly will live to see their downfall.

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16 As the wicked grow powerful,[a] transgression increases,
    but the righteous will observe their downfall.

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  1. Proverbs 29:16 The Heb. lacks powerful