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19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
    as[a] he who pursues evil is to death.
20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[b]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[c]
21 Rest assured,[d] the wicked will not go unpunished,
    but the offspring[e] of the righteous will escape.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:19 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  3. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”
  4. Proverbs 11:21 Literally “Hand to hand”
  5. Proverbs 11:21 Or “seed”