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Proverbs 21:7

New International Reader's Version

The harmful things that evil people do will drag them away. They refuse to do what is right.

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The trouble they cause comes back on them. The terrible things they do will happen to them.

The Lord is known to be fair by the things he does. Evil people are trapped by what they have done.

Blessings are like crowns on the heads of those who do right. But the trouble caused by what sinners say destroys them.

Anyone who wants to be godly and loving finds life, success and honor.

But I will throw you out of my land. That is exactly what I did to the people of Ephraim. And they are your relatives.” ’

But his father will die because of his own sin. He got rich by cheating others. He robbed his relatives. He also did what was wrong among his people.

There are people among you who turn what is fair into something bitter. They throw down to the ground what is right.

Don’t let anyone fool you with worthless words. People who say things like that aren’t obeying God. He is angry with them.