13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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13 He catches the wise(A) in their craftiness,(B)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(C)

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27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

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27 Whoever digs a pit(A) will fall into it;(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.(C)

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12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

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