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Whoever walks in integrity[a] will walk securely,
    but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

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  1. Proverbs 10:9 Hebrew “in the integrity”

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

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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Honesty guides good people;
    dishonesty destroys treacherous people.

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Righteousness will guard the upright of way,
    but wickedness will overthrow sin.

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Godliness guards the path of the blameless,
    but the evil are misled by sin.

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26 Plans of evil are an abomination of Yahweh,
    but gracious words are pure.

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26 The Lord detests evil plans,
    but he delights in pure words.

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Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.

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The guilty walk a crooked path;
    the innocent travel a straight road.

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He who plans to do evil for[a] himself,
    they will call him “master[b] of mischief.”
Devising folly is a sin,
    and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.

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  1. Proverbs 24:8 Or “to”
  2. Proverbs 24:8 Or “owner”

A person who plans evil
    will get a reputation as a troublemaker.
The schemes of a fool are sinful;
    everyone detests a mocker.

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18 He who walks in integrity will be safe,
    but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

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

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10 Men of blood hate the blameless,
    and they seek the life of the upright.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:10 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

10 The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,
    but the upright seek to help them.[a]

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  1. 29:10 Or The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, / and they seek to kill the upright; Hebrew reads The bloodthirsty hate blameless people; / as for the upright, they seek their life.