who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.

For the Lord’s decrees are just, and everything he does is fair.

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

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.

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.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

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

The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.

That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair.

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

Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.