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21 For the upright will dwell in the land.
    The perfect will remain in it.

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21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it;(A)

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He who walks blamelessly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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The one who lives with integrity lives securely,(A)
but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.(B)

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He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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Whoever lives with integrity fears the Lord,(A)
but the one who is devious in his ways despises him.(B)

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19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
    than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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19 Better a poor person who lives with integrity(A)
than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

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A righteous man walks in integrity.
    Blessed are his children after him.

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A righteous person acts with integrity;(A)
his children who come after him will be happy.(B)

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18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe;
    but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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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