The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is (A)riches and honor and life.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord
    is wealth, honor, and life.

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17 Let not your heart (A)envy sinners,
    but continue in (B)the fear of the Lord all the day.
18 Surely (C)there is a future,
    and your (D)hope will not be cut off.

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17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
    but fear the Lord constantly;
18         then you will have a future,
        and your hope won’t be cut off.

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21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not join with those who do otherwise,

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21 Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king.
    Don’t associate with those who are rebellious.

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14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

14 Happy are those who are continually fearful,
    but those whose hearts are hard fall into trouble.

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25 (A)The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

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25 People are trapped by their fear of others;
    those who trust the Lord are secure.

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30 (A)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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30 Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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