Proverbs 11:8

The Scriptures 1998

The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.

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The wrong is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous for the straight.

When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.

The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare, But the righteous gets out of distress.

But the deliverance of the righteous is from יהוה, Their strength in time of distress.

Then Sovereign Dareyawesh wrote to all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be increased to you.