11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
    but a just weight is His delight.

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

²⁰ Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to the Lord,
    but such as are upright in their way are His delight.

¹⁹ The truthful lip will be established forever,
    but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

²² Lying lips are abomination to the Lord,
    but those who deal truly are His delight.

²⁵ A true witness delivers souls,
    but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
    and they love him who speaks right.

19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
    than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

⁷ The just man walks in his integrity;
    his children are blessed after him.