The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.

The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

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

What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.