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22 ·Those [L Do not those…?] who make evil plans ·will be ruined [L wander aimlessly],
but those who plan to do good will ·be loved and trusted [receive loyalty and faithfulness].

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22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

34 ·Doing what is right [Righteousness] makes a nation great,
but sin will ·bring disgrace to any [diminish a] people.

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34 Righteousness exalts a nation,(A)
    but sin condemns any people.

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Much ·wealth [treasure] is in the houses of ·good [righteous] people,
but evil people get nothing but trouble.

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The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(A)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(B)

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The Lord ·hates [detests] the sacrifice that the wicked offer,
but he ·likes [favors] the prayers of ·honest people [people with integrity].

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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The Lord ·hates [detests] ·what evil people do [L the path of the wicked],
but he ·loves [favors] those who ·do what is right [pursue righteousness].

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The Lord detests the way of the wicked,(A)
    but he loves those who pursue righteousness.(B)

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29 The Lord ·does not listen to [L is far from] the wicked,
but he hears the prayers of ·those who do right [the righteous].

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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
    but he hears the prayer of the righteous.(A)

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17 ·Good people stay [L The highway of those with integrity turns] away from evil.
By ·watching what they do [protecting their path], they ·protect [guard] their lives.

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17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.(A)

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The ·good [righteous] people who ·live honest lives [walk about in innocence]
will be a blessing to their children.

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The righteous lead blameless lives;(A)
    blessed are their children after them.(B)

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The violence of the wicked will ·destroy them [sweep them away],
because they refuse to ·do what is right [act with justice].

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The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(A)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

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10 Evil people ·only want [desire] to harm others.
Their neighbors get no ·mercy [favor; grace] from them.

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10 The wicked crave evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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18 Wicked people ·will suffer instead of [L are a ransom for] ·good [righteous] people,
and ·those who cannot be trusted [the unfaithful] will suffer instead of those ·who do right [with integrity/virtue].

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18 The wicked become a ransom(A) for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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27 The Lord ·hates [detests] sacrifices brought by evil people,
particularly when they offer them for ·the wrong [scheming] reasons.

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27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable(A)
    how much more so when brought with evil intent!(B)

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