³ To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

⁶ Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

⁹ They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

⁶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.