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Proverbs 21:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible

6 Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist,[a] a pursuit of death.[b][c](A)

7 The violence of the wicked sweeps them away
because they refuse to act justly.

8 A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,(B)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Or a breath blown away
  2. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg read a snare of death
  3. Proverbs 21:6 Lit is vanity, ones seeking death
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