Proverbs 29:16 (WEB)
When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
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“If even thus he fail to be set right he is to be cut off from the rest as one that maketh to offend, and regarded as a heathen and a publican, for the security of them that are obedient, according to the saying, When the impious fall the righteous tremble.” — editor's note: Prov. xxix. 16, LXX.
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