⁸ ¶ The way of the perverse man is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

¹² ¶ The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, how God overthrows the wicked for their evil.

¹⁵ ¶ It is joy to the just to do judgment, but it shall be destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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

²¹ ¶ He that follows after righteousness and mercy shall find life, righteousness, and honour.

²⁹ ¶ The wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he orders his ways.