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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,(A)
but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.(B)

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

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The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright will save them,
    but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.
The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(B)

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. Proverbs 11:7 Or strength

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

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

Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(D)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(E)

The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(F)

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

10 When good is with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.
11 By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted,
    but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

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10 When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices,(A)
and when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.

11 A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,(B)
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.(C)

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10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;(A)
    when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.(B)

11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,(C)
    but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.(D)

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18 The wicked earns[a] deceptive gain,[b]
    but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.[c]
19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
    as[d] he who pursues evil is to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:18 Or “does, makes”
  2. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “gain of deception”
  3. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “a reward of truth”
  4. Proverbs 11:19 Hebrew “and”

18 The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.(A)

19 Genuine righteousness leads to life,(B)
but pursuing evil leads to death.(C)

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

19 Truly the righteous attain life,(B)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.(C)

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23 The desire of the righteous is only good,
    but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.

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23 The desire of the righteous turns out well,(A)
but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.(B)

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23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

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30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life,
    and he who captures souls[a] is wise.
31 If the righteous on earth will be repaid,
    how much more[b] the wicked and sinner.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Or “persons,” or “inner selves”
  2. Proverbs 11:31 Literally “more for”

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
but violence[a] takes lives.

31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

31 If the righteous receive their due(B) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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