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17 Though a person burdened with blood guilt is in flight even to the grave,
    let no one offer support.
18 Whoever walks blamelessly is safe,
    but one whose ways are crooked falls into a pit.
19 Those who cultivate their land will have plenty of food,
    but those who engage in idle pursuits will have plenty of want.(A)

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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]

19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(D)

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Footnotes

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