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To an evil person sin is bait in a trap,
    but a righteous person runs away from it[a] and is glad.
A righteous person knows the just cause of the poor.
    A wicked person does not understand this.
Mockers create an uproar in a city,
    but wise people turn away anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:6 Hebrew meaning of “runs away from it” uncertain.

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