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12 An evil person tries to hide
    behind evil;[a]
good people are like trees
    with deep roots.
13 We trap ourselves
    by telling lies,
but we stay out of trouble
    by living right.
14 We are rewarded or punished
    for what we say and do.

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  1. 12.12 An evil … evil: Or “Evil people love what they get from being evil.”

12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(C)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(D)

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