A righteous person acts with integrity;(A)
his children who come after him will be happy.(B)

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He who walks in his integrity is righteous;
    happy are his children who follow him.

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11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
by whether his behavior is pure and upright.(A)

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11 Even by his acts, a young man[a] will make himself known,
    whether his acts are pure and upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:11 Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”

30 Lashes and wounds purge away evil,(A)
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.[a]

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  1. 20:30 Lit beatings the chambers of the belly

30 The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will[a] beatings of the innermost part.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”