for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,
    doing what is right and just and fair;

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He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(A) to those whose walk is blameless,(B)

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21 For the upright will live in the land,(A)
    and the blameless will remain in it;

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Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.

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To the discerning all of them are right;
    they are upright to those who have found knowledge.

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The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.(A)

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The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)

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The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.(A)

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.(B)

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
    they value the one who speaks what is right.(A)

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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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16 my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.(A)

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10 The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity
    and seek to kill the upright.(A)

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