33 The Lord’s curse(A) is on the house of the wicked,(B)
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.(C)
34 He mocks(D) proud mockers(E)
    but shows favor to the humble(F) and oppressed.
35 The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame.

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33 (A)The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But (B)He blesses the home of the just.
34 (C)Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.
35 The wise shall inherit glory,
But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

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The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,(A)
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.(B)

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(A)The Lord will not allow the righteous soul to famish,
But He casts away the desire of the wicked.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes one rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.

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24 What the wicked dread(A) will overtake them;(B)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.(C)

25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm(D) forever.(E)

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24 (A)The fear of the wicked will come upon him,
And (B)the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 When the whirlwind passes by, (C)the wicked is no more,
But (D)the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)

29 The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.(B)

30 The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.(C)

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28 The hope of the righteous will be gladness,
But the (A)expectation of the wicked will perish.
29 The way of the Lord is strength for the upright,
But (B)destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

30 (C)The righteous will never be removed,
But the wicked will not inhabit the [a]earth.

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  1. Proverbs 10:30 land

The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

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The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(C)

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(D)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(E)

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(F)

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

The righteousness of the blameless will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (A)wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will (B)perish,
And the hope of the unjust perishes.
(C)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.

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  1. Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight

19 Truly the righteous attain life,(A)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.(B)

20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(C)
    but he delights(D) in those whose ways are blameless.(E)

21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.(F)

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19 As righteousness leads to (A)life,
So he who pursues evil pursues it to his own (B)death.
20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.
21 (C)Though they join [a]forces, the wicked will not go unpunished;
But (D)the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

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  1. Proverbs 11:21 Lit. hand to hand

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

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

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27 Whoever seeks good finds favor,
    but evil comes to one who searches for it.(A)

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27 He who earnestly seeks good [a]finds favor,
(A)But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

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  1. Proverbs 11:27 Lit. seeks

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

31 If the righteous receive their due(B) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And (A)he who [a]wins souls is wise.

31 (B)If the righteous will be [b]recompensed on the earth,
How much more the ungodly and the sinner.

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  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
  2. Proverbs 11:31 rewarded

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

No one can be established through wickedness,
    but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(C)

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A good man obtains favor from the Lord,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

A man is not established by wickedness,
But the (A)root of the righteous cannot be moved.

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