³ Integrity guides the virtuous,
    but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.

⁶ Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
    but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.

¹⁸ The wicked are a ransom for the righteous;
    the treacherous will be punished^[a] in the place of the virtuous.

¹² The Lord’s eyes protect knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the treacherous.