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

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The integrity of the righteous guides them,
    but the hypocrisy of the treacherous destroys them.

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The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will (A)be caught by their own greed.

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The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

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18 The wicked is a (A)ransom for the righteous,
And the (B)treacherous is in the place of the upright.

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18 The wicked are ransom for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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12 The eyes of the Lord protect knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous person.

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12 The Lord watches over anyone with knowledge,
    but he ruins the plans[a] of the unfaithful.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:12 Lit. words