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33 The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
    but he blesses the abode of the righteous.(A)
34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
    but to the humble he shows favor.(B)
35 The wise will inherit honor,
    but stubborn fools, disgrace.

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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;
34 He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble.(B)
35 The wise will inherit honor,
but He holds up fools to dishonor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:35 Or but haughty fools dishonor, or but fools exalt dishonor

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

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

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and toil adds nothing to it.(A)

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22 The Lord’s blessing enriches,(A)
and struggle adds nothing to it.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and He adds no trouble to it

24 What the wicked dread will come upon them,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.(A)
25 When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
    but the righteous are established forever.(B)

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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 ends in gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright
    but destruction for evildoers.(A)
30 The righteous will never totter,
    but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(B)

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28 The hope of the righteous is joy,(A)
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.(B)

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

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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 keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.(A)
When the wicked die, hope perishes,
    and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.(B)
The righteous are delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked come into it instead.(C)

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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 man 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)

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Footnotes

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

19 Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,
    but whoever pursues evil will die.
20 Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
    but those of blameless ways are his delight.(A)
21 Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will escape.(B)

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

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 11:21 Lit Hand to hand

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    the expectation of the wicked in 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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27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
    but evil comes to the one who searches for it.(A)

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27 The one who searches for what is good(A) finds favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and the wise capture souls.(A)
31 If the righteous are repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
but violence[a] takes lives.

31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one

The good obtain favor from the Lord,
    but those who devise evil he condemns.(A)
No one finds security by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will never be moved.(B)

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The good person obtains favor from the Lord,(A)
but He condemns a man who schemes.(B)

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.(C)

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