³ ¶ The perfection of the upright shall guide them in the way, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be imprisoned in their own sin.

¹⁸ ¶ The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

¹² ¶ The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.