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 secret is with the upright.

The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.

The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.

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 a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

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 plain.

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

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

The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

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

The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.

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