No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established forever.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.
who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand!
he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth;
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