Warnings and Instructions

28 The wicked (A)flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are [a]bold as a lion.

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  1. Proverbs 28:1 Lit confident

28 (A)The wicked flee when no one pursues,
    but (B)the righteous are bold as a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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Those who abandon the Law (A)praise the wicked,
But those who keep the Law (B)strive against them.
Evil people (C)do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord (D)understand everything.

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Those who forsake the law (A)praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law (B)strive against them.
Evil men (C)do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord (D)understand it completely.

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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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10 One who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will (A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the (B)blameless will inherit good.

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10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
    (A)will fall into his own pit,
    but the blameless (B)will have a goodly inheritance.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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18 One who walks blamelessly will receive help,
But one who is [a](A)crooked will fall all at once.

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Lit perverse of two ways

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 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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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one