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Proverbs 11:6-8
The Message
Proverbs 11:6-8
The Message
6 Good character is the best insurance;
crooks get trapped in their sinful lust.
7 When the wicked die, that’s it—
the story’s over, end of hope.
8 A good person is saved from much trouble;
a bad person runs straight into it.
Proverbs 11:6-8
New International Version
Proverbs 11:6-8
New International Version
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)
8 The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
and it falls on the wicked instead.(D)
Footnotes
- 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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