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Proverbs 11:18-20
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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”
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Proverbs 11:18-20
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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

19 Truly the righteous attain life,(B)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.(C)

20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(D)
    but he delights(E) in those whose ways are blameless.(F)

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