21 For the upright (A)will inhabit the land,
    and those with integrity will remain in it,

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21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;(A)

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21 For the upright will live in the land,(A)
    and the blameless will remain in it;

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(A)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked (B)will be found out.

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The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(A)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(B)

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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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Whoever (A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is (B)devious in his ways despises him.

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Whoever lives with integrity fears the Lord,(A)
but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.(B)

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

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19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

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19 Better a poor man who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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The one who lives with integrity is righteous;(A)
his children[a] who come after him will be happy.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:7 Lit sons

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

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18 (A)Whoever (B)walks in integrity will be delivered,
    but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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18 The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong[a]
will suddenly fall.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Lit who is twisted regarding two ways

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