Proverbs 13:6
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6 (A)Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Proverbs 11:3
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3 The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (A)wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight
Psalm 25:21
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21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.
Proverbs 21:12
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12 The righteous God wisely considers the house of the wicked,
Overthrowing the wicked for their wickedness.
Psalm 140:11
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11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
Psalm 26:1
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A Prayer for Divine Scrutiny and Redemption
A Psalm of David.
26 Vindicate (A)me, O Lord,
For I have (B)walked in my integrity.
(C)I have also trusted in the Lord;
I shall not slip.
Psalm 15:2
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2 He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the (A)truth in his heart;
Proverbs 5:22
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22 (A)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
2 Chronicles 28:23
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23 For (A)he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, saying, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them (B)that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.
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