Proverbs 3:25-26
The Voice
25 Stay calm; there is no need to be afraid of a sudden disaster
or to worry when calamity strikes the wicked,
26 For the Eternal is always there to protect you.
He will safeguard your each and every step.
Proverbs 3:33
The Voice
33 His curse lingers over the wicked and their families,
but He forever favors residence of those who do what is right.
Proverbs 6:16-19
The Voice
16 Take note, there are six things the Eternal hates;
no, make it seven He abhors:
17 Eyes that look down on others, a tongue that can’t be trusted,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that conceives evil plans,
feet that sprint toward evil,
19 A false witness who breathes out lies,
and anyone who stirs up trouble among the faithful.
Proverbs 10:3
The Voice
3 The Eternal does not allow the right-living to go hungry,
but He will frustrate the plans of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:6-7
The Voice
6 Blessings come to those who do what is right,
but words spoken by the wicked cover up violent schemes.
7 The memory of one who lived with integrity brings joy,
but the legacy of a wrongdoer will rot away.
Proverbs 10:16
The Voice
16 The reward of those who do right is a satisfied life,
but the profits gained by those who do wrong is used to sin.
Proverbs 10:24-25
The Voice
24 Whatever wrongdoers fear the most will happen to them,
but those who do right will receive what they long for.
25 After the storm passes, the wrongdoers are blown away,
but those who do right are safe and sound on their firm foundations forever.
Proverbs 10:28-30
The Voice
28 The hope of those who do right is joy and celebration,
but the only prospect for those who do wrong is futility.
29 The way of the Eternal offers safety to those who love justice,
but it destroys those who perpetrate evil.
30 The right-living will never have their land taken away,
but wrongdoers will be uprooted.
Proverbs 11:3
The Voice
3 The right-living are guided by integrity,
but the crooked ways of the faithless will lead to ruin.
Proverbs 11:5-10
The Voice
5 The good deeds of the blameless pave a peaceful, productive path,
but wrongdoers trip over their own faults.
6 The good deeds of the upright will rescue them,
but the faithless will be conquered by their shallow desires.
7 When wrongdoers die, their hopes die with them.
Their great expectations vanish into nothing more than a dream.
8 Those who do right are pulled from trouble;
it falls on wrongdoers instead who are left to sink in their own problems.
9 The words of the godless ruin those close to them,
but through insight the right-living are spared.
10 When prosperity comes to those who do right, the whole city celebrates;
but when the wicked get their just punishment, there is joyous cheering.
Proverbs 11:18-21
The Voice
18 The wicked earn a living by deception,
but the one who plants righteousness gathers a true harvest.
19 Indeed, those who do what is right will live a good life,
but those who pursue evil will die.
20 The Eternal detests a crooked heart and a warped mind,
but He takes great pleasure in those who follow the right way.
21 Certainly those who do wrong will not escape punishment,
but those who do right will go free.
Proverbs 11:23
The Voice
23 Those who live right crave what is good,
but the prospect of wrongdoers is wrath.
Proverbs 11:30-31
The Voice
30 The tree of life grows where the fruit of right-living falls,
and whoever wins souls is wise.
31 If the righteous can expect to be repaid on earth,
how much more can the ungodly and the sinners?
Proverbs 12:2-3
The Voice
2 The Eternal prefers those who do good,
but He condemns those who plot evil.
3 Doing what is wrong keeps everyone off balance and insecure,
but those who do right will never be uprooted.
Proverbs 12:5-8
The Voice
5 The thoughts of the right-living tend toward justice,
but the guidance of the wicked is trickery and treachery.
6 The words of the wicked ambush from the shadows, seeking blood,
but the speech of the honest keeps them free.
7 The wrongdoers are overthrown—no one is left!
But the house of the right-living remains strong.
8 A person is commended for expressing insight,
but a perverted heart is despised.
Proverbs 12:12
The Voice
12 The wicked envy what the evil plunder,
but the root of the right-living produces fruit for all.
Proverbs 12:21
The Voice
21 The right-living are not overcome with calamity,
but wrongdoers have their fill of it.
Proverbs 12:28
The Voice
28 Life springs up along the path of integrity,
and death has no place along its course.
Proverbs 13:6
The Voice
6 Doing right keeps the innocent on the path of life,
but doing wrong is the downfall of the wicked.
Proverbs 13:9
The Voice
9 The light of the right-living brings joy as it burns brightly;
the lamp of a wrongdoer will be snuffed out.
Proverbs 13:21-22
The Voice
21 Trouble eagerly pursues the sinner,
but success rewards the right-living.
22 A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren,
but the wealth of the sinner is eventually passed on to the right-living.
Proverbs 13:25
The Voice
25 Those who do right have plenty to eat,
while those who do wrong go hungry.
Proverbs 14:11
The Voice
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
while the tent of the upright will prosper.
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