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Piling up treasure by a lying tongue
    is a vanishing vapor for those who seek death.
The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
A guilty person’s way is very crooked,
but the conduct of a pure person is straight.

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A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(B)
    for they refuse to do what is right.

The way of the guilty is devious,(C)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death