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Proverbs 23:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

16 And my inmost being will exult,
    when your lips speak what is right.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,(A)
    but only those who always fear the Lord;[a]
18 For you will surely have a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:17 Those whom one admires or associates with exercise enormous influence. Do not join the wicked, who are a doomed group. The warning is repeated in 24:1–2, 19–20.
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