For the upright, he stores sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,

For those who are upright will dwell [in the] land, and those who are blameless will remain in it.

for he who is perverse [is] an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright [are] his confidence.

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

All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.

A stronghold for the upright is the way of Yahweh, but ruin [belongs] to {evildoers}.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

By the blessing of the upright, a city will be exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked, it will be overthrown.

The words of the wicked [are] an ambush of blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

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

Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin.

Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.

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

The path of life [leads] upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.

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

The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.

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

Even by his acts, a {young man} will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.

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

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure [is] upright [in] his conduct.

A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.

A wicked man is strong in {his countenance}, but the upright will appoint his paths.

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

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

Men of blood hate [the] blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.

A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright} is an abomination to the wicked.