Proverbs 11:18-21

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

19 Truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death.

20 The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.

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Proverbs 11:30-31

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1. S Exodus 1:20; S Job 4:8; Hosea 10:12-13
2. S Deuteronomy 30:15; S Proverbs 10:2
3. 1 Samuel 2:6; Psalms 89:48; Proverbs 1:18-19; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Jeremiah 43:11
4. Proverbs 3:32
5. S Numbers 14:8
6. S 1 Chronicles 29:17; S Psalms 15:2; Psalms 101:1-4; S Psalms 119:1; Proverbs 12:2,22; Proverbs 15:9
7. Proverbs 16:5

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