28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(B)

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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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Those who reject the law praise the wicked,(A)
but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.(B)

The evil do not understand justice,(C)
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.(D)

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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10 The one who leads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,(A)
but the blameless will inherit what is good.(B)

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

18 The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong[a]
will suddenly fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:18 Lit who is twisted regarding two ways