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

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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 shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

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32 For the Lord detests the perverse(A)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(B)

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32 for (A)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the upright are (B)in his confidence.

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32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

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

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

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The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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

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(A)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous (B)are taken captive by their lust.

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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

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11 By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
    but (A)by the mouth of the wicked (B)it is overthrown.

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11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.

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(A)Fools mock at the guilt offering,
    but the upright enjoy acceptance.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:9 Hebrew but among the upright is acceptance

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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

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11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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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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(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,(A)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

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19 The way of (A)a sluggard is like a hedge of (B)thorns,
    but the path of the upright is (C)a level highway.

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19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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