Proverbs 11:27

A Conservative Version

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

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An evil man seeks only rebellion. Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.