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Berean Standard Bible

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.”

Proverbs 11:3

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Proverbs 11 sets honest living against crooked living in a series of short contrasts. It often links a person's character with what eventually happens to them, without promising that life is always fair in the short term.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

World English Bible (WEB)

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

King James Version (KJV)

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

American Standard Version (ASV)

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

La integridad de los rectos los encaminará: mas destruirá á los pecadores la perversidad de ellos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

A los justos los guía su honestidad; a los falsos los destruye su hipocresía.

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