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

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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.

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.

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

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