for acquiring the discipline that produces wise behavior, righteousness, justice, and upright living;

If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

So you will walk in the way of good men [that is, those of personal integrity, moral courage and honorable character],
And keep to the paths of the righteous.

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

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

Listen! For noble things I will speak, and upright things from the opening of my lips.

“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God);
There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them.

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser;
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

The wages of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God] is [a worthwhile, meaningful] life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

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

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.

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

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

The way of a fool is upright in his [own] eyes, but he who listens to advice [is] wise.

No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

There is a glad dawn for the upright man, but the light of the sinner will be put out.

Adversity pursues sinners,
But the [consistently] upright will be rewarded with prosperity.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

Someone whose conduct is upright fears the LORD, but whoever is devious in his ways despises him.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

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

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

The lips of the wise, scatter abroad knowledge, but, the heart of dullards, is not right.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

Folly is a joy to him who lacks {sense}, and a person of understanding {will walk upright}.

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow's borders intact.

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

The Lord is far from the wicked [and distances Himself from them],
But He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous [that is, those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.

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

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

He that soweth discord and strife, is like one that diggeth up a water brook; but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out and runneth abroad.

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous runs to it and is safe and set on high [far above evil].

The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

Every way of a man is upright in his [own] eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, the one in right standing with God),
But to the evildoers it is disaster.

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

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.