Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

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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,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

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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 faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,(A)
    and the good rewarded for theirs.(B)

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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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Footnotes

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

19 Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.(A)

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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 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(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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Footnotes

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