<p class="poetry">The integrity of the upright guides them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the faithless will be captured<n id="2" /> by their own desires.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fools mock<n id="1" /> at reparation,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but among the upright there is favor.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The household<n id="1" /> of the wicked will be destroyed,p> <p class="poetry">but the tent<n id="2" /> of the upright will flourish.p>

<p class="poetry">The wicked become<n id="1" /> a ransom<n id="2" /> for the righteous,p> <p class="poetry">and the faithless<n id="3" /> are taken<n id="4" /> in the place of the upright.p>

<p class="poetry">For the upright will reside in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and those with integrity<n id="1" /> will remain in it,p>

<p class="poetry">for one who goes astray<n id="1" /> is an abomination<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lord,sc>p> <p class="poetry">but he reveals<n id="3" /> his intimate counsel<n id="4" /> to the upright.p>

<p class="poetry">A city is exalted by the blessing provided from<n id="1" /> the upright,p> <p class="poetry">but it is destroyed by the counsel<n id="2" /> of the wicked.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The words of the wicked lie in wait<n id="1" /> to shed innocent blood,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the words<n id="3" /> of the upright will deliver them.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> the sacrifices<n id="2" /> of the wicked,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the prayer<n id="4" /> of the upright pleases him.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the path of the upright is like<n id="2" /> a highway.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The delight of kings<n id="1" /> is righteous counsel,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and they love the one who speaks<n id="3" /> uprightly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The highway<n id="1" /> of the upright is to turn<n id="2" /> away from evil;p> <p class="poetry">the one who guards<n id="3" /> his way safeguards his life.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who leads the upright astray in an evil wayp> <p class="poetry">will himself fall into his own pit,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the blameless will inherit what is good.<n id="2" />p>