21 For the upright will live in the land,(A)
    and the blameless will remain in it;

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21 For only the godly will live in the land,
    and those with integrity will remain in it.

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Whoever walks in integrity(A) walks securely,(B)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.(C)

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People with integrity walk safely,
    but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

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Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

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Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
    those who take the wrong path despise him.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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19 Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and a fool.

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The righteous lead blameless lives;(A)
    blessed are their children after them.(B)

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The godly walk with integrity;
    blessed are their children who follow them.

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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 blameless will be rescued from harm,
    but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.

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