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

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

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

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

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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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or deviser of evil

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

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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

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

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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