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

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.

Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; 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.

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

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

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

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.