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Trying to get rich by lying
    is chasing a bubble over deadly snares.
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
    because they refuse to do what is right.
One’s path may be winding and unfamiliar,
    but one’s conduct is blameless and right.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:8 One cannot always read others’ hearts from their behavior. Unconventional conduct need not indicate evil motives.

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