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

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Whoever walks in integrity(A) walks securely,(B)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.(C)

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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,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

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

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Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)

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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 thoughts(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but gracious words are pure(C) in his sight.

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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 the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent 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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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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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 whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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Footnotes

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

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

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10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

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