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25 Do not be afraid of sudden panic,[a]
    or the storm of wickedness that will come.
26 Yahweh will be your confidence[b]
    and guard your foot from capture.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:25 Or “fear, dread”
  2. Proverbs 3:26 Literally “in your confidence”

25 (A)Do not be afraid of sudden danger,
Nor of (B)trouble from the wicked when it comes;
26 For the Lord will be [a]your confidence,
And will (C)keep your foot from being caught.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:26 Or at your side

32 By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown,
    and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

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32 The wicked is (A)thrust down by his own wrongdoing,
But the (B)righteous has a refuge when he dies.

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13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
    In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”

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13 The [a](A)lazy one says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:13 Lit idle

10 If you faint on the day of adversity,
    little is your strength.

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10 If you (A)show yourself lacking courage on the day of distress,
Your strength is meager.

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13 A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
    A lion among the streets!”

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13 [a]A (A)lazy one says, “There is a lion on the road!
A lion is [b]in the public square!”

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  1. Proverbs 26:13 Lit an idle, and so throughout the ch
  2. Proverbs 26:13 Lit within

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

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Warnings and Instructions

28 The wicked (A)flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are [a]bold as a lion.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:1 Lit confident