He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(A) to those whose walk is blameless,(B)

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He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
    He is a shield to those who walk with integrity.

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11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.(B)

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11 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales,
    but he delights in accurate weights.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

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Honesty guides good people;
    dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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20 The Lord detests people with crooked hearts,
    but he delights in those with integrity.

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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19 Truthful words stand the test of time,
    but lies are soon exposed.

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,
    but he delights in those who tell the truth.

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25 A truthful witness saves lives,
    but a false witness is deceitful.(A)

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25 A truthful witness saves lives,
    but a false witness is a traitor.

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13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
    they value the one who speaks what is right.(A)

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13 The king is pleased with words from righteous lips;
    he loves those who speak honestly.

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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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10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(A)

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10 False weights and unequal measures[a]
    the Lord detests double standards of every kind.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:10 Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.

26 An honest answer
    is like a kiss on the lips.

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26 An honest answer
    is like a kiss of friendship.

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