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People with integrity walk safely,
    but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

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(A)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked (B)will be found out.

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Honesty guides good people;
    dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

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(A)The integrity of the upright guides them,
    (B)but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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Godliness guards the path of the blameless,
    but the evil are misled by sin.

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(A)Righteousness guards him whose (B)way is blameless,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.

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26 The Lord detests evil plans,
    but he delights in pure words.

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26 (A)The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)gracious words are pure.

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The guilty walk a crooked path;
    the innocent travel a straight road.

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The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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A person who plans evil
    will get a reputation as a troublemaker.
The schemes of a fool are sinful;
    everyone detests a mocker.

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Whoever (A)plans to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
(B)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (C)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

18 The blameless will be rescued from harm,
    but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.

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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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10 The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
    but the upright seek to help them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.

10 Bloodthirsty men (A)hate one who is blameless
    and seek the life of the upright.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:10 Or but the upright seek his soul