Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

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

Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity.

A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

Then observers will say, “Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”

It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.

From the ends of the earth we hear songs – the Just One is majestic. But I say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!”

Everyone shares the same fate – the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.

Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.