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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 blameless will direct his way,
    but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
    but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
    and expectation of power comes to nothing.
A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,
    and the wicked takes his place.

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The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

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

When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(B)

The righteous one is rescued from trouble;
in his place, the wicked one goes in.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices.
    When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted,
    but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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10 When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices;(A)
when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.(B)

11 A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,(C)
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.(D)

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18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages,
    but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 He who is truly righteous gets life.
    He who pursues evil gets death.

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18 The wicked person earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.(A)

19 Genuine righteousness leads to life,(B)
but pursuing evil leads to death.(C)

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23 The desire of the righteous is only good.
    The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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23 The desire of the righteous turns out well,(A)
but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
    He who is wise wins souls.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
but a cunning person takes lives.(B)

31 If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.(C)

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