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Proverbs 11:8

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A good person will escape trouble, and that trouble will happen to some evil person.

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The Lord saves good people.\par When good people have troubles,\par the Lord is their strength.\par

After an evil man dies, there is no hope for him. Everything he hoped for is gone—all of it is worth nothing.

An evil person can hurt other people by the things he says. But good people are protected by their wisdom.

An evil person says foolish things and is trapped by his words. But a good person escapes from that kind of trouble.

Evil people have to pay for all the bad things they do to good people. People who are not honest have to pay for the things they do to honest people.

Then King Darius wrote this letter to all the people from other nations that spoke many different languages all around the world: