²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

³² for the froward is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret is with the righteous.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

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

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

⁹ Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

¹⁹ The way of a slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made a plain.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.