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Proverbs 12:10-12
Easy-to-Read Version
Proverbs 12:10-12
Easy-to-Read Version
10 Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.[a]
11 Farmers who work their land have plenty of food, but those who waste their time on worthless projects are foolish.
12 The wicked want a share of what an evil man might catch. But like a plant with deep roots, a good man is the one who produces the most.[b]
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- Proverbs 12:10 but the wicked … cruel Or “but even the ‘kindness’ of the wicked is still cruelty.”
- Proverbs 12:12 The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.
Proverbs 12:10-12
New International Version
Proverbs 12:10-12
New International Version
10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(A)
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(B)
12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous endures.
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