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Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time.
They are looking for death.
The violence of wicked people will drag them away
since they refuse to do what is just.
The way of a guilty person is crooked,
but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.

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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