Proverbs 2:20
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20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
guarding the road of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:27
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27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
when it is in your power to do so.
Proverbs 11:3
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3 Integrity guides the virtuous,
but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.
Proverbs 11:6
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6 Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.
Proverbs 11:17
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17 Kind persons benefit themselves,
but cruel people harm themselves.
Proverbs 11:27
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27 Those who look for good find favor,
but those who seek evil—it will come to them.
Proverbs 11:30
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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise gather lives.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 Or LXX, Syr violence takes lives away
Proverbs 12:2
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2 The Lord favors good people,
but he condemns schemers.
Proverbs 13:22
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22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:14
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14 Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways;
the good receive the due reward for their deeds.
Proverbs 14:19
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19 Evil people will bow down before the good;
wicked people are at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.
Proverbs 15:3
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3 The Lord’s eyes are everywhere,
keeping watch on evil and good people.
Proverbs 17:13
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13 Evil will never depart from the house
of those who return evil for good.
Proverbs 17:26
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26 It isn’t good to punish the righteous,
to strike the honorable for their integrity.
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on his judgment throne
sifts out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 28:10
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10 Whoever misleads those who do right onto an evil path
will fall into their own pit,
but the blameless will inherit good things.
Proverbs 28:21
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21 Those who show favoritism aren’t good;
people do wrong for a crust of bread.
Proverbs 31:10-12
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The competent wife
10 A competent wife, how does one find her?
Her value is far above pearls.
11 Her husband entrusts his heart to her,
and with her he will have all he needs.
12 She brings him good and not trouble
all the days of her life.
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