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Proverbs 21:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away because they refuse to act justly.

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The one who pursues righteousness and faithful love will find life, righteousness, and honour.

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

‘As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practised fraud, robbed his brother, and did among his people what was not good.

I will banish you from my presence, just as I banished all of your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.”

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.