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Proverbs 28:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
Proverbs 28:16-18
Easy-to-Read Version
16 A foolish ruler hurts the people under him, but a ruler who hates wrong will rule for a long time.
17 A murderer will never have peace. Don’t support such a person.
18 Honest people will be safe, but dishonest people will be ruined.
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Proverbs 28:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 28:16-18
New International Version
16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion,
but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.
17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
will seek refuge(A) in the grave;
let no one hold them back.
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- Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one
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