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Proverbs 11:18–19

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18The wicked earnse deceptive gain,f

but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.g

19He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life

ash he who pursues evil is to death.

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Footnotes

  1. eOr “does, makes”
  2. fLiterally “gain of deception”
  3. gLiterally “a reward of truth”
  4. hHebrew “and”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The wicked earns deceptive wages,

but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,

but he who pursues evil will die.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A wicked person earns deceptive wages,

but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Truly the righteous attain life,

but whoever pursues evil finds death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The wicked person earns an empty wage,

but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

Genuine righteousness leads to life,

but pursuing evil leads to death.

NLTNew Living Translation

Evil people get rich for the moment,

but the reward of the godly will last.

Godly people find life;

evil people find death.

KJV 1900King James Version

The wicked worketh a deceitful work:

But to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

As righteousness tendeth to life:

So he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.