The righteous hate what is false,(A)
    but the wicked make themselves a stench
    and bring shame on themselves.

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A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

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A righteous man hates lying,
But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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11 (A)Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.

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Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain(A) with injustice.(B)

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Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

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(A)Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice.

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13 Whoever conceals their sins(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses(B) and renounces them finds mercy.(C)

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13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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13 (A)He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

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

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Footnotes

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

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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18 Whoever walks blamelessly will be [a]saved,
But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 delivered

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)

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24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

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24 Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
(A)He [a]swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 29:24 Lit. hears the adjuration or oath