Proverbs 2:21
World English Bible
21 For the upright will dwell in the land.
The perfect will remain in it.
Proverbs 2:21
New Living Translation
21 For only the godly will live in the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it.
Proverbs 3:32
World English Bible
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
but his friendship is with the upright.
Proverbs 3:32
New Living Translation
32 Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly.
Proverbs 11:3
World English Bible
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them,
but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:3
New Living Translation
3 Honesty guides good people;
dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
Proverbs 11:6
World English Bible
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
Proverbs 11:6
New Living Translation
6 The godliness of good people rescues them;
the ambition of treacherous people traps them.
Proverbs 11:11
World English Bible
11 By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 11:11
New Living Translation
11 Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper,
but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.
Proverbs 14:9
World English Bible
9 Fools mock at making atonement for sins,
but among the upright there is good will.
Proverbs 14:9
New Living Translation
9 Fools make fun of guilt,
but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.
Proverbs 14:11
World English Bible
11 The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Proverbs 14:11
New Living Translation
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
but the tent of the godly will flourish.
Proverbs 15:8
World English Bible
8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 15:8
New Living Translation
8 The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
Proverbs 15:19
World English Bible
19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 15:19
New Living Translation
19 A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers,
but the path of the upright is an open highway.
Proverbs 16:17
World English Bible
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil.
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
Proverbs 16:17
New Living Translation
17 The path of the virtuous leads away from evil;
whoever follows that path is safe.
Proverbs 21:18
World English Bible
18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
the treacherous for the upright.
Proverbs 21:18
New Living Translation
18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
and traitors in place of the honest.
Proverbs 21:29
World English Bible
29 A wicked man hardens his face;
but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
Proverbs 21:29
New Living Translation
29 The wicked bluff their way through,
but the virtuous think before they act.
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