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18 The wicked earns[a] deceptive gain,[b]
    but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.[c]
19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
    as[d] he who pursues evil is to death.
20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[e]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:18 Or “does, makes”
  2. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “gain of deception”
  3. Proverbs 11:18 Literally “a reward of truth”
  4. Proverbs 11:19 Hebrew “and”
  5. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  6. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”