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The way of a guilty man is (A)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.

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The guilty walk a crooked path;
    the innocent travel a straight road.

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12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked,
Turning the (A)wicked to ruin.

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12 The Righteous One[a] knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;
    he will bring disaster on them.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:12 Or The righteous man.

15 To do justice is [a]pleasure for the righteous,
But is (A)ruin to the workers of iniquity.

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  1. Proverbs 21:15 Lit gladness

15 Justice is a joy to the godly,
    but it terrifies evildoers.

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18 The wicked is a (A)ransom for the righteous,
And the (B)treacherous is in the place of the upright.

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18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
    and traitors in place of the honest.

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21 He who (A)pursues righteousness and lovingkindness
Finds life, righteousness, and glory.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.

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29 A wicked man [a](A)displays a brazen face,
But as for the (B)upright, he establishes his way.

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  1. Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face

29 The wicked bluff their way through,
    but the virtuous think before they act.

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