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Those who walk in innocence walk with confidence,
    but those on crooked paths will be found out.

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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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Integrity guides the virtuous,
    but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

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

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Righteousness guards the innocent on the path,
    but wickedness misleads sinners.

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Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)

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26 The Lord detests evil plans,
    but gracious words are pure.

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26 The Lord detests the thoughts(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but gracious words are pure(C) in his sight.

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The ways of some people are twisted and strange,
    but the behavior of those who do right is pure.

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The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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Those who plot evil
    will be called master schemers.
The scheming of fools is sin;
    people detest mockers.

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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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18 Those who walk in innocence will be saved,
    but those who go on twisted paths will fall into the grave.

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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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Footnotes

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

10 Murderous people hate the innocent,
    and they seek the lives of the virtuous.

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10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

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