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Proverbs 21:6-8
Living Bible
Proverbs 21:6-8
Living Bible
6 Dishonest gain will never last, so why take the risk?
7 Because the wicked are unfair, their violence boomerangs and destroys them.
8 A man is known by his actions.[a] An evil man lives an evil life; a good man lives a godly life.
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- Proverbs 21:8 A man is known by his actions, implied.
Proverbs 21:6-8
New International Version
Proverbs 21:6-8
New International Version
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(B)
for they refuse to do what is right.
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(C)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
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