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

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Integrity guides the virtuous,
    but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

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The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.(A)

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Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
    but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

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18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,
and the treacherous, for[a] the upright.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:18 Or in place of

18 The wicked are a ransom for the righteous;
    the treacherous will be punished[a] in the place of the virtuous.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:18 Heb lacks will be punished.

12 The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

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12 The Lord’s eyes protect knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the treacherous.

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