3 (A)The integrity of the upright guides them, (B)but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
3 Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
6 (A)The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous (B)are taken captive by their lust.
6 The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.
18 (A)The wicked is a (B)ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly, and traitors in place of the honest.
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he (A)overthrows the words of the traitor.
12 The Lord preserves those with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
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