Proverbs 11:18–19
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18Bad work gets paid with a bad check;
good work gets solid pay.
19Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live,
or chase after phantoms of evil and die.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The wicked earns deceptive gain,
but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.
He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
as he who pursues evil is to death.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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