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

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He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is devious in his ways displeases 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 From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied,
    and from his own,[a] so shall a good man.

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  1. Proverbs 14:14 Literally “from upon him”

19 The evil bow before those who are good,
the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

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19 The evil bow down before the good,
    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 By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown,
    and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

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