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11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
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Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not requite man according to his work?
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If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
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Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
15 Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do not violence to his home;
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Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
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for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles;
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Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
18 lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him.
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or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.
19 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked;
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Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not disobey either of them;
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Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
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