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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,(A)
but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.(B)

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
    but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

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18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
    the treacherous for the upright.

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18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for[a] the upright.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:18 Or in place of

12 Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge;
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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12 The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

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