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Proverbs 12:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 12:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 Sin cannot offer security!
But if you live right,
you will be as secure
as a tree with deep roots.
4 A helpful wife is a jewel
for her husband,
but a shameless wife
will make his bones rot.
5 Good people have kind thoughts,
but you should never trust
the advice of someone evil.
Proverbs 12:3-5
New International Version
Proverbs 12:3-5
New International Version
3 No one can be established through wickedness,
but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(A)
4 A wife of noble character(B) is her husband’s crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(C)
5 The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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