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22 And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land,
    and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

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22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,
[a]And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

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  1. Proverbs 2:22 Or, earth

14 In the path of the wicked do not go;
    do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

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14 Enter not into the path of the wicked,
And walk not in the way of evil men.

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19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
    they do not know what they stumble over.

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19 The way of the wicked is as darkness:
They know not at what they stumble.

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22 His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer,
    and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

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22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked,
And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

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Against Worthlessness

12 A worthless man, an evil man,
    goes around with deceitful speech.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 6:12 Literally “crookedness of mouth”

12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

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Blessings belong to the head of the righteous,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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Blessings are upon the head of the righteous;
But [a]violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or, the mouth of the wicked covereth violence

11 A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness,
    and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.

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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;
But [a]violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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  1. Proverbs 10:11 Or, the mouth of the wicked covereth violence

16 The wage of the righteous leads to life;
    the gain of the wicked to sin.

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16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life;
The increase of the wicked, to sin.

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20 Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness,
    a heart[a] of wickedness is of little worth.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 10:20 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 10:20 Literally “like a little”

20 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver:
The heart of the wicked is little worth.

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24 The dread of the wicked will come upon him,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him;
And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

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25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,
    but the righteous have a foundation forever.

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25 [a]When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more;
But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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  1. Proverbs 10:25 Or, As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more

27 The fear of Yahweh adds life,
    but the years of the wicked are shortened.

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27 The fear of Jehovah [a]prolongeth days;
But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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  1. Proverbs 10:27 Hebrew addeth.