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.

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;

For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

But to those [honorable judges] who rebuke the wicked, it will go well with them and they will find delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

a time to give birth and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to uproot;

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand [who pleases God], but I have not found [such] a woman among all these [a thousand in my harem].

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

Earnestly remember your Creator before the silver cord [of life] is broken, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher at the fountain is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;

The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

“Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its spices be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

"Let us go up against Judah and let us tear her apart, {and let us lay it open and so bring it unto ourselves}, and let us install the son of Tabeel [as] king in her midst."

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings of troops.

For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down the choice branches thereof, which reached even unto Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.

which sendeth her message over the sea in ships of reeds upon the water. Get ye hence, ye speedy messengers, to a nation that is scattered abroad and robbed of that they had: a fearful nation from their beginning hitherto; a nation trodden down by little and little, whose land the floods have spoiled.

In that time shall there be a present brought to the LORD of Hosts: even a people that is scattered abroad, and robbed of that they had - that same people which hat been fearful from their beginning hitherto; a nation trodden down by little and little, whose land the floods have spoiled. To the place of the name of the LORD of Hosts: even to the mount Zion.

And this shall happen: her merchandise and her harlot's wages [will be] set apart for Yahweh; it will not be stored up, and it will not be hoarded, but her merchandise will be for those who live before the {presence} of Yahweh, for eating to satiation and for fine clothing.

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.