³ ·Good people [People with integrity] will be guided by ·honesty [innocence];
dishonesty will ·destroy [devastate] those who are not trustworthy.

⁶ ·Doing right [Righteousness] brings freedom to ·honest people [people with integrity],
but those who are not trustworthy will be caught by their own desires.

¹¹ ·Good [Righteous] people bless and build up their city,
but the wicked can ·destroy [demolish] it with their ·words [^Lmouth].

⁹ Fools ·don’t care if they sin [^Lmock a penalty/guilt/reparation offering; Lev. 5:14—6:7],
but ·honest people work at being right [those with integrity/virtue are favored].

¹¹ The wicked person’s house will be ·destroyed [annihilated],
but a good person’s tent will ·still be standing [flourish].

⁸ The Lord ·hates [detests] the sacrifice that the wicked offer,
but he ·likes [favors] the prayers of ·honest people [people with integrity].

¹⁹ A lazy person’s ·life [^Lpath] is like a patch of thorns,
but an ·honest [virtuous] person’s ·life [path] is like a smooth highway.

¹⁷ ·Good people stay [^LThe highway of those with integrity turns] away from evil.
By ·watching what they do [protecting their path], they ·protect [guard] their lives.