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By justice a king gives stability to a land,
    but a man of bribes will ruin it.
A strong man who flatters his neighbor
    is spreading a net for his feet.
In transgression, an evil man is a snare,
    but the righteous will sing and rejoice.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:6 Hebrew “he will rejoice”

By justice a king gives a country stability,(A)
    but those who are greedy for[a] bribes tear it down.

Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(B)

Evildoers are snared by their own sin,(C)
    but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

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  1. Proverbs 29:4 Or who give