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Proverbs 11:6-8
GOD’S WORD Translation

6 Decent people are saved by their righteousness,
but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.
7 At the death of a wicked person, hope vanishes.
Moreover, his confidence in strength vanishes.

8 A righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and a wicked person takes his place.

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Proverbs 11:6-8
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6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)

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

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

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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
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