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12 The wicked covets the proceeds of evil,
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.[a]
13 By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared,
    but the righteous escapes from trouble.
14 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good,
    and the reward of a man’s labor[b] will return to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:12 Literally “gives, sets up”
  2. Proverbs 12:14 Literally “the hands of a man”

12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(C)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(D)

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