As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
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- KJV As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- BSB As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
- NKJV As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you.
- NASB As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.
- NLT As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.
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Cross-references · 4
- Matt 7:20Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
- Matt 7:16–18By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
- Matt 12:33–34“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
- Matt 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
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