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

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Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord,
    but one who is devious in conduct despises him.(A)

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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 is destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright flourishes.(A)

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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 perverse get what their ways deserve,
    and the good, what their deeds deserve.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.14 Cn: Heb from upon him

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

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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 are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)

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  1. 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death