(A)Getting treasures by a lying tongue
[a]Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

The violence of the wicked will [b]destroy them,
Because they refuse to do justice.

The way of [c]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death
  2. Proverbs 21:7 Lit. drag them away
  3. Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;

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