Whoever lives with integrity fears the Lord,(A)
but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.(B)

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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 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the upright will stand.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:11 Lit flourish

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

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14 The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves,
and a good man, what his deeds deserve.(A)

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

19 The evil bow before those who are 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 The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,(A)
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.(B)

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