Proverbs 29:16
“When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.”
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.”
“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”