OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Proverbs 21:7

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The violence of the wicked will drive them away,

because they refuse to do what is right.

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Proverbs 21:4–10

4

A high look and a proud heart,

the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;

and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7
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The violence of the wicked will drive them away,

because they refuse to do what is right.

8

The way of the guilty is devious,

but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop

than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10

The soul of the wicked desires evil;

his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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