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The godly walk with integrity;
    blessed are their children who follow them.

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It is a wonderful heritage to have an honest father.

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10 False weights and unequal measures[a]
    the Lord detests double standards of every kind.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:10 Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.

10 The Lord despises every kind of cheating.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:10 every kind of cheating, literally, “diverse weights and diverse measures.”

14 The buyer haggles over the price, saying, “It’s worthless,”
    then brags about getting a bargain!

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14 “Utterly worthless!” says the buyer as he haggles over the price. But afterwards he brags about his bargain!

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17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
    but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

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17 Some men enjoy cheating, but the cake they buy with such ill-gotten gain will turn to gravel in their mouths.

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25 Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God
    and only later counting the cost.

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25 It is foolish and rash to make a promise to the Lord before counting the cost.

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