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18 One who walks in integrity will be safe,
    but whoever follows crooked ways will fall into the Pit.[a](A)

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  1. 28.18 Syr: Heb fall all at once

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.(A)

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Whoever walks in integrity(A) walks securely,(B)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.(C)

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Better to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.(A)

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.(A)

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Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(A) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(B) and you will not know at what time(C) I will come to you.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.(A)
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)
The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.(C)

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

Wealth(B) is worthless in the day of wrath,(C)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(D)

The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(E)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(F)

The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(G)

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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the Lord withhold
    from those who walk uprightly.(A)

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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32 The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? I have come out as an adversary because your way is perverse[a] before me.

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  1. 22.32 Meaning of Heb uncertain

32 The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.[a]

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  1. Numbers 22:32 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

False Prophets and Their Punishment

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.(A) Even so, many will follow their debaucheries, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned. And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(B)

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  1. 2.2 Gk because of them

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)

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While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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14 But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the gentiles to live like Jews?”[a](A)

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  1. 2.14 Some interpreters hold that the quotation extends into the following paragraph

14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(A) I said to Cephas(B) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(C) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(D)

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25 When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
    but the righteous are established forever.(A)

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25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm(A) forever.(B)

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But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
    the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
    Peace be upon Israel!(A)

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But those who turn(A) to crooked ways(B)
    the Lord will banish(C) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(D)

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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
    on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)

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  1. 73.20 Cn: Heb Lord

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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