The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.


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Proverbs 13 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Proverbs 11 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 15 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 7 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Proverbs 11 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Job 35 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Proverbs 14 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 12 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 21 10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Ezekiel 33 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Proverbs 28 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Psalms 12 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Proverbs 14 9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Jeremiah 12 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Proverbs 28 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 10 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs 11 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 15 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Proverbs 13 21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs 21 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Psalms 119 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Proverbs 11 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Proverbs 11 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs 12 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs 10 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Psalms 1 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Proverbs 11 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Habakkuk 1 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Proverbs 29 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Proverbs 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Psalms 45 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Proverbs 4 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Matthew 12 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Proverbs 29 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Genesis 4 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Proverbs 12 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
2 Peter 2 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Psalms 147 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Proverbs 11 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 15 29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
1 John 3 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.