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Proverbs 10:32

Words and speechWisdom

30 The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
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BSB
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
KJV
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
WEB
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
ASV
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.
DARBY
The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.
BLB
The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, and the mouth of the wicked ones, perversity.
ÅB
Den rettferdiges lepper forstår hva der er til behag, men de ugudeliges munn er bare falskhet.
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OTB
De rettferdiges lepper vet hva som er gunstig, men de ondes munn vet bare hva som er perverst.
B1930
Den rettferdiges leber forstår hvad der er til behag, men de ugudeliges munn er bare falskhet.

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