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

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(A)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked (B)will be found out.

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

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(A)The integrity of the upright guides them,
    (B)but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

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Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)

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(A)Righteousness guards him whose (B)way is blameless,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.

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26 The Lord detests the thoughts(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but gracious words are pure(C) in his sight.

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26 (A)The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)gracious words are pure.

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The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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Saying 24

Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.
The schemes of folly are sin,
    and people detest a mocker.

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Whoever (A)plans to do evil
    will be called a schemer.
(B)The devising[a] of folly is sin,
    and (C)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:9 Or scheming

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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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

18 (A)Whoever (B)walks in integrity will be delivered,
    but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

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10 Bloodthirsty men (A)hate one who is blameless
    and seek the life of the upright.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:10 Or but the upright seek his soul