One (A)who walks in integrity walks securely,
But (B)one who perverts his ways will be found out.

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Whoever walks in integrity[a] will walk securely,
    but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

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  1. Proverbs 10:9 Hebrew “in the integrity”

The (A)integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the (B)perversity of the treacherous will destroy them.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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Righteousness (A)guards the [a]one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness brings the [b]sinner to ruin.

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  1. Proverbs 13:6 Lit blamelessness of way
  2. Proverbs 13:6 Lit sin

Righteousness will guard the upright of way,
    but wickedness will overthrow sin.

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26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
But pleasant words are pure.

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26 Plans of evil are an abomination of Yahweh,
    but gracious words are pure.

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The way of a guilty person is (A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

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Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.

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One who (A)plans to do evil,
People will call a [a]schemer.
The (B)devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.

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  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or deviser of evil

He who plans to do evil for[a] himself,
    they will call him “master[b] of mischief.”
Devising folly is a sin,
    and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.

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  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or “to”
  2. Proverbs 24:8 Or “owner”

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 He who walks in integrity will be safe,
    but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

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10 People of (A)bloodshed hate the blameless person,
But the upright [a]are concerned for his life.

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  1. Proverbs 29:10 Lit seek his soul

10 Men of blood hate the blameless,
    and they seek the life of the upright.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:10 Or “soul,” or “inner self”