A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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

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A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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

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The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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The wicked are overthrown and are no more,(A)
    but the house of the righteous stands firm.(B)

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13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

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14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

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14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(A)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(B)

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21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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21 No harm overtakes the righteous,(A)
    but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

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26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)

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28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(A)
    along that path is immortality.

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Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)

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The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.(A)

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14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

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15 Good judgment wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

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21 Trouble pursues the sinner,(A)
    but the righteous(B) are rewarded with good things.(C)

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