25 Don’t fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,(A)
26 for the Lord will be your confidence[a]
and will keep your foot from a snare.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:26 Or be at your side

25 Do not be afraid of sudden disaster,[a]
    or the devastation that comes to the wicked.
26 Indeed, the Lord will be your confidence,
    and he will keep your foot from being caught.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Lit. terror

32 The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,(A)
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.(B)

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32 The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing,
    but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in his own piety

13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”(A)

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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the street!”

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10 If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

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10 If you grow weary when times are troubled,
    your strength is limited.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:10 Or undersized

13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”(A)

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On Laziness

13 The lazy person claims, “There is a lion in the road!
    There’s a lion in the streets!”

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28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(B)

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Contrasting Good and Evil

28 The wicked flee, though no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold like a lion.

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