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He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(A)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(B)

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The integrity of the upright shall guide them,
    but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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

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Righteousness guards the way of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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Righteousness guards people of integrity,[a]
but wickedness undermines the sinner.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:6 Lit guards integrity of way

26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked,
    but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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26 The Lord detests the plans of the one who is evil,
but pleasant words are pure.(A)

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The way of the guilty is devious,
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.(B)

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One who plots to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin.
    The mocker is detested by men.

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The one who plots evil(A)
will be called a schemer.
A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people.

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18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;
    but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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18 The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong[a]
will suddenly fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:18 Lit who is twisted regarding two ways

10 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity;
    and they seek the life of the upright.

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10 Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,(A)
but the upright care about him.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:10 Or person, and seek the life of the upright