Proverbs 12:2-15
New International Version
3 No one can be established through wickedness,
but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(C)
4 A wife of noble character(D) is her husband’s crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(E)
5 The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.(F)
8 A person is praised according to their prudence,
and one with a warped(I) mind is despised.
9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(J)
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(K)
12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous endures.
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