22 but the wicked will be (A)cut off from the land,
    and the treacherous will be (B)rooted out of it.

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.

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19 (A)The way of the wicked is like deep (B)darkness;
    they do not know over what they (C)stumble.

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22 The (A)iniquities of the wicked (B)ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

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12 (A)A worthless person, a wicked man,
    goes about with (B)crooked speech,

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Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but (A)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11

11 (A)The mouth of the righteous is (B)a fountain of life,
    but the mouth of the wicked (C)conceals violence.

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16 The wage of the righteous leads (A)to life,
    the gain of the wicked to sin.

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20 The tongue of the righteous is (A)choice silver;
    the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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24 (A)What the wicked dreads (B)will come upon him,
    but (C)the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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25 When (A)the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,
    but (B)the righteous is established forever.

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27 (A)The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    (B)but the years of the wicked will be short.

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28 (A)The hope of the righteous brings joy,
    (B)but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

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30 (A)The righteous will never be removed,
    but (B)the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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The righteousness of the blameless (A)keeps his way straight,
    but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

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When the wicked dies, his (A)hope will perish,
    and (B)the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

(A)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.

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10 (A)When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

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11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but (A)by the mouth of the wicked (B)it is overthrown.

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18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

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21 (A)Be assured, (B)an evil person will not go unpunished,
    but (C)the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

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23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    (A)the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

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31 If (A)the righteous is repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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