17 (A)A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit;
Let no one help him.

18 Whoever walks blamelessly will be [a]saved,
But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 delivered

17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
    will seek refuge(A) in the grave;
    let no one hold them back.

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(B)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(C) into the pit.[a]

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