20 So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Hebrew Do not withhold good from its owners

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

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(A)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the treacherous (B)are taken captive by their lust.

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17 (A)A man who is kind benefits himself,
    but a cruel man hurts himself.

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27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor,[a]
    but evil comes to (A)him who searches for it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:27 Or acceptance

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

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A good man (A)obtains favor from the Lord,
    but a man of evil devices he condemns.

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22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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14 The backslider in heart will be (A)filled with the fruit of his ways,
    and (B)a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

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19 (A)The evil bow down before the good,
    the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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22 Do they not go astray who (A)devise evil?
    Those who devise good meet[a] (B)steadfast love and faithfulness.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

(A)The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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13 If anyone (A)returns evil for good,
    (B)evil will not depart from his house.

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26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way
    (A)will fall into his own pit,
    but the blameless (B)will have a goodly inheritance.

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21 To show (A)partiality is not good,
    but for (B)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

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The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 [a] (A)An excellent wife who can find?
    She is far more precious than (B)jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
    and he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good, and not harm,
    all the days of her life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

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