A moment in scripture
Proverbs 21:7
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The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
- Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- Proverbs 21:8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.