5 The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way,but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,but the faithless will be captured by their own desires.
7 When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes,and the hope of his strength perishes.
8 The righteous person is delivered out of trouble,and the wicked turns up in his stead.
9 With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor,but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
10 When the righteous do well, the city rejoices;when the wicked perish, there is joy.
11 A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright,but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.