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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 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. 3:26 Or be at your side

33 The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked,
    and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

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33 The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,(A)
but he blesses the home of the righteous;

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What Yahweh Hates

16 There are six things Yahweh hates,
    and seven things are abominations of his soul:[a]
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
    and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a devising heart, plans of deception,
    feet that hurry to run to evil,[b]
19 a false witness who breathes lies
    and sends out discord[c] between brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:16 Or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 6:18 Hebrew “the evil”
  3. Proverbs 6:19 Or “quarrels”

What the Lord Hates

16 The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to him:
17 arrogant eyes,(A) a lying tongue,(B)
hands that shed innocent blood,(C)
18 a heart that plots wicked schemes,(D)
feet eager to run to evil,(E)
19 a lying witness who gives false testimony,(F)
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.(G)

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Yahweh will not cause a righteous person[a] to go hungry,
    but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

The Lord will not let the righteous go hungry,(A)
but he denies the wicked what they crave.(B)

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Blessings belong to the head of the righteous,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The memory of righteousness is like a blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.

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

The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.(B)

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

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16 The reward of the righteous is life;
the wages of the wicked is punishment.(A)

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24 The dread of the wicked will come upon him,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness,
    but the righteous have a foundation forever.

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24 What the wicked dreads will come to him,(A)
but what the righteous desire will be given to them.(B)

25 When the whirlwind passes,
the wicked are no more,(C)
but the righteous are secure forever.(D)

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28 The hope of the righteous is gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
29 A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh,
    but ruin belongs to evildoers.[a]
30 The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed.
    But the wicked will not remain in the land.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:29 Literally “them who do evil”
  2. Proverbs 10:30 Or “earth”

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

29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits evildoers.(C)

30 The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(D)

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,(A)
but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.(B)

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will save them,
    but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.
The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.
With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor,
    but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
10 When good is with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(B)

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.(C)

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

10 When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices;(D)
when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

18 The wicked earns[a] deceptive gain,[b]
    but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.[c]
19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
    as[d] he who pursues evil is to death.
20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[e]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[f]
21 Rest assured,[g] the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but the offspring[h] of the righteous will escape.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:18 Or “does, makes”
  2. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “gain of deception”
  3. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “a reward of truth”
  4. Proverbs 11:19 Hebrew “and”
  5. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  6. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”
  7. Proverbs 11:21 Literally “Hand to hand”
  8. Proverbs 11:21 Or “seed”

18 The wicked person earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.(A)

19 Genuine righteousness leads to life,(B)
but pursuing evil leads to death.(C)

20 Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are his delight.(D)

21 Be assured[a] that a wicked person
will not go unpunished,(E)
but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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  1. 11:21 Lit Hand to hand

23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
    but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.

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23 The desire of the righteous turns out well,(A)
but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.(B)

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