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Proverbs 12:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 12:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
but the house of the righteous will stand.(A)
8 One is commended for good sense,
but a perverse mind is despised.
9 Better to be despised and have produce[a]
than to be self-important and lack food.
Footnotes
- 12.9 Cn: Heb servant
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