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

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Integrity guides the virtuous,
    but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

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The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil 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 become a ransom(A) for the righteous,
    and the unfaithful for the upright.

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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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Notas al pie

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

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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

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