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Proverbs 21:8

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8Guilty people live dishonest lives,

but honest people do right.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The way of the guilty is crooked,

but the conduct of the pure is upright.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The way of the guilty is devious,

but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,

but the behavior of the innocent is upright.

NLTNew Living Translation

The guilty walk a crooked path;

the innocent travel a straight road.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,

but the pure is upright in his conduct.

KJV 1900King James Version

The way of man is froward and strange:

But as for the pure, his work is right.