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Proverbs 21:8

Integrity

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

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BSB
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
KJV
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
WEB
The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
ASV
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
DARBY
Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
BLB
The way of a guilty man [is] crooked, and [for] a pure one, his work [is] straight.
ÅB
Skyldtynget manns vei er kroket, men den renes ferd er ærlig.
OTB
Den skyldiges sti er vridd, men de rene handlinger er rett frem.
B1930
Skyldtynget manns vei er kroket, men den renes ferd er ærlig.

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