20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
    guarding the road of the righteous.

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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.

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27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
    when it is in your power to do so.

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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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17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
    but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

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17 Kind persons benefit themselves,
    but cruel people harm themselves.

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27 Whoever seeks good finds favor,
    but evil comes to one who searches for it.(A)

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27 Those who look for good find favor,
    but those who seek evil—it will come to them.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and the wise gather lives.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Or LXX, Syr violence takes lives away

Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

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The Lord favors good people,
    but he condemns schemers.

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22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children,
    but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.(A)

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22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
    but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.

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14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,(A)
    and the good rewarded for theirs.(B)

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14 Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways;
    the good receive the due reward for their deeds.

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19 Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.(A)

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19 Evil people will bow down before the good;
    wicked people are at the gates of the righteous.

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22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
    Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.

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