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21 For those who are upright will dwell in the land,[a]
    and those who are blameless[b] will remain in it.

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  1. Proverbs 2:21 Or “earth”
  2. Proverbs 2:21 Or “innocent”

21 For the upright (A)will inhabit the land,
    and those with integrity will remain in it,

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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”

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

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He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is devious in his ways displeases him.

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Whoever (A)walks in uprightness fears the Lord,
    but he who is (B)devious in his ways despises him.

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19 Better a poor person walking in integrity
    than one who is perverse in his speech[a] and is a fool.

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  1. Proverbs 19:1 Literally “in his lips”

19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

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He who walks in his integrity is righteous;
    happy are his children who follow him.

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The righteous who (A)walks in his integrity—
    (B)blessed are his children after him!

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

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