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