The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, ¹  but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. ² 

The one who forgives ¹  an offense seeks ²  love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends. ³ 

Thorns and snares ¹  are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

She watches over ¹  the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. ² 

If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates ¹  hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds? ² 

Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects ¹  the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power ²  of the wicked.

The one who tends a fig tree ¹  will eat its fruit, ²  and whoever takes care of ³  his master will be honored.

Here is a message about Dumah: ¹  Someone calls to me from Seir, ²  “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” ³ 

and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. ¹  That man ²  is righteous; he will certainly live, ³  declares the sovereign Lord.

I gave them my statutes ¹  and revealed my regulations to them. The one ²  who carries ³  them out will live by them! ⁴ 

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

The wisest of her ladies ¹  answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,

Remember ¹  continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made ²  to a thousand generations –

he who commands the sun and ¹  it does not shine ²  and seals up ³  the stars;

“If ¹  evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, ² 

¹ Yet God ²  finds occasions ³  with me; he regards me as his enemy!

to turn a person from his sin, ¹  and to cover a person’s pride. ² 

He goes about ¹  in company ²  with evildoers, he goes along ³  with wicked men. ⁴ 

He piles up the water of the sea; ¹  he puts the oceans ²  in storehouses.