When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

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

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

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

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.

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

The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.

An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food.

Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.

In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

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

The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.