⁶ Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

²³ For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, `therefore' will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

² He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.

¹ Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

¹¹ An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

¹² The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, `How' the wicked are overthrown to `their' ruin.