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For many days, and years of life,(A)
    and peace, will they bring you.

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for they will prolong your life many years(A)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(B)

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The Lord has made everything for a purpose,
    even the wicked for the evil day.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4 Even the wicked do not lie outside God’s plan.

The Lord works out everything to its proper end(A)
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.(B)

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10 An oracle is upon the king’s lips,
    no judgment of his mouth is false.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:10 Six sayings on the king and his divine authority begin here, following the series of sayings about the Lord’s governance in 15:33–16:9, in which “Lord” was mentioned nine times.

10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
    and his mouth does not betray justice.(A)

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27 Fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.(A)

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27 The fear of the Lord adds length to life,(A)
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.(B)

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