Focused Passage

Proverbs 11:21

Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order

The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

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Verse 21

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Be assuredיָ֣דH3027Noun - feminine singular. . .לְ֭יָדH3027Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularthat the wickedרָּ֑עH7451Adjective - masculine singularwill notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlego unpunishedיִנָּ֣קֶהH5352Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbut the offspringוְזֶ֖רַעH2233Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof the righteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםH6662Adjective - masculine pluralwill escapeנִמְלָֽט׃H4422Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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