He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

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

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.

Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.

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

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.