Proverbs 11:5-7

New International Version

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(B)

⁶ The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(C)

⁷ Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(D)
    all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(E)