Whoever (A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is (B)devious in his ways despises him.

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Someone whose conduct is upright fears the Lord,
    but whoever is devious in his ways despises him.

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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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14 The backslider in heart will be (A)filled with the fruit of his ways,
    and (B)a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

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14 The faithless one will pay for his behavior,[a]
    but a good man will be rewarded[b] for his.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 14:14 Lit. ways
  2. Proverbs 14:14 The Heb. lacks will be rewarded

19 (A)The evil bow down before the good,
    the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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19 Evil men will bow down in the presence of good men
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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32 (A)The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing,
    but (B)the righteous finds refuge in his death.

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32 The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing,
    but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.[a]

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in his own piety