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Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
    those who take the wrong path despise him.

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To do right honors God; to sin is to despise him.

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Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the godly will flourish.

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11 The work of the wicked will perish; the work of the godly will flourish.

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

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14 Backsliders get what they deserve;
    good people receive their reward.

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14 The backslider gets bored with himself; the godly man’s life is exciting.

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14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,(A)
    and the good rewarded for theirs.(B)

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19 Evil people will bow before good people;
    the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.

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19 Evil men shall bow before the godly.

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19 Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.(A)

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32 The wicked are crushed by disaster,
    but the godly have a refuge when they die.

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32 The godly have a refuge when they die, but the wicked are crushed by their sins.

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32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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