Proverbs 21:6-8

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⁶Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist,^[a] a pursuit of death.^[b]^[c]^(A)

⁷The violence of the wicked sweeps them away
because they refuse to act justly.

⁸A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,^(B)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.^(C)

Footnotes

21:6 Or a breath blown away
21:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg read a snare of death
21:6 Lit is vanity, ones seeking death

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