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Text -- Proverbs 10:26-32 (NET)
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10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes , so is the sluggard to those who send him.
10:27 Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened .
10:28 The hope of the righteous is joy , but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled .
10:29 The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright , but it is destruction to evildoers .
10:30 The righteous will never be moved , but the wicked will not inhabit the land .
10:31 The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom , but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed .
10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing , but the speech of the wicked is perverse .
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NET Notes: Pro 10:26 The participle is plural, and so probably should be taken in a distributive sense: “to each one who sends him.”
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NET Notes: Pro 10:27 This general saying has to be qualified with the problem of the righteous suffering and dying young, a problem that perplexed the sages of the entire ...
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NET Notes: Pro 10:30 This proverb concerns the enjoyment of covenant blessings – dwelling in the land of Israel. It is promised to the righteous for an eternal inher...
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NET Notes: Pro 10:31 Heb “will be cut off” (so NAB, NRSV, NLT); cf. KJV, NASB, NIV “cut out.” Their tongue will be cut off, a hyperbole meaning to ...
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