³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight,
    but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
⁶ The righteousness of the upright will save them,
    but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
⁷ With the death of a wicked person, hope will die,
    and the expectation of the godless perishes.
⁸ The righteous is delivered from trouble,
    but the wicked enters into it.

¹⁰ When good is with the righteous, the city rejoices,
    and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.
¹¹ By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted,
    but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

¹⁸ The wicked earns^[a] deceptive gain,^[b]
    but he who sows righteousness, a true reward.^[c]
19 He who is steadfast in righteousness is to life
    as^[d] he who pursues evil is to death.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good,
    but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.