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Proverbs 21:8-10
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 21:8-10
Contemporary English Version
8 All crooks are liars,
but anyone who is innocent
will do right.
9 (A) It's better to stay outside
on the roof of your house
than to live inside
with a nagging wife.
10 Evil people want to do wrong,
even to their friends.
Proverbs 21:8-10
New International Version
Proverbs 21:8-10
New International Version
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(B)
10 The wicked crave evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
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