Righteous and the Wicked
10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
10:29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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