17 Someone burdened by bloodguilt[a]
will be a fugitive until death.(A)
Let no one help him.(B)

18 The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong[b]
will suddenly fall.(C)

19 The one who works his land
will have plenty of food,(D)
but whoever chases fantasies
will have his fill of poverty.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:17 Lit the blood of a person
  2. 28:18 Lit who is twisted regarding two ways

17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
    will seek refuge(A) in the grave;
    let no one hold them back.

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(B)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(C) into the pit.[a]

19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one