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20 So follow the steps of the good,
    and stay on the paths of the righteous.

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20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
    guarding the road of the righteous.

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20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
    when it’s in your power to help them.

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27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
    when it is in your power to do so.

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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.

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Honesty guides good people;
    dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

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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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The godliness of good people rescues them;
    the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

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Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
    but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

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

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17 Your kindness will reward you,
    but your cruelty will destroy you.

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17 Kind persons benefit themselves,
    but cruel people harm themselves.

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17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
    but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

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27 If you search for good, you will find favor;
    but if you search for evil, it will find you!

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27 Those who look for good find favor,
    but those who seek evil—it will come to them.

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27 Whoever seeks good finds favor,
    but evil comes to one who searches for it.(A)

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30 The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life;
    a wise person wins friends.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:30 Or and those who win souls are wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and the wise gather lives.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Or LXX, Syr violence takes lives away

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

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The Lord approves of those who are good,
    but he condemns those who plan wickedness.

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The Lord favors good people,
    but he condemns schemers.

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Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

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22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
    but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.

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22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
    but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.

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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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