20 So follow the way of the good,(A)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 Therefore walk in the way of the good,
    and keep to the paths of the just.

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Treat Others Fairly

27 When it is in your power,[a]
don’t withhold good(A) from the one to whom it belongs.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[a]
    when it is in your power to do it.(A)

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  1. 3.27 Heb from its owners

The integrity of the upright guides them,(A)
but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.(B)

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.(A)

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The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

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The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.(A)

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17 A kind man benefits himself,(A)
but a cruel person brings ruin on himself.(B)

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17 Those who are kind reward themselves,
    but the cruel do themselves harm.

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27 The one who searches for what is good(A) seeks favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.(B)

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27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,
    but evil comes to the one who searches for it.(A)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
but a cunning person takes lives.(B)

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and the wise capture souls.(A)

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One who is good obtains favor from the Lord,(A)
but he condemns a person who schemes.(B)

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The good obtain favor from the Lord,
    but those who devise evil he condemns.(A)

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22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his[a] grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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  1. 13:22 Or inheritance: his

22 The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children,
    but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.(A)

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14 The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves,
and a good one, what his deeds deserve.(A)

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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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  1. 14.14 Cn: Heb from upon him

19 The evil bow before those who are good,
and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

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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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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?(A)
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.(B)

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22 Do not those who plan evil err?
    Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

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