3 The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
6 The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.
7 When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
8 The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.
9 The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.