(A)The righteous man walks in his integrity;
(B)His children are blessed after him.

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A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.

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

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10 (A)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

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10 [a]Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:10 Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.

10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(A)

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14 It is [a]good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil

14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—
    then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

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17 (A)Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.

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25 It is a snare to a man [a]rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:25 Or, rashly to utter holy words. Or, to devour that which is holy

25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
    and only later to consider one’s vows.(A)

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