(A)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous (B)are taken captive by their lust.
When the wicked dies, his (C)hope will perish,
    and (D)the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.
(E)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    and the wicked walks into it instead.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

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