When a wicked person ¹  arrives, contempt ²  shows up with him, and with shame comes ³  a reproach.

It is terrible ¹  to show partiality ²  to the wicked, ³  by depriving ⁴  a righteous man of justice.

A crooked witness ¹  scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours ²  iniquity.

A wise king separates out ¹  the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them. ² 

Haughty eyes and a proud heart – the agricultural product ¹  of the wicked is sin.

The violence ¹  done by the wicked ²  will drag them away because ³  they refuse to do what is right. ⁴ 

The appetite ¹  of the wicked desires ²  evil; his neighbor is shown no favor ³  in his eyes.

The wicked person’s sacrifice ¹  is an abomination; how much more ²  when he brings it with evil intent! ³ 

Do not lie in wait like the wicked ¹  against the place where the righteous live; do not assault ²  his home.

Although ¹  a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down ²  by calamity.

for the evil person has no future, ¹  and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. ² 

The one who says to the guilty, ¹  “You are innocent,” ²  peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce ³  him.

remove the wicked from before the king, ¹  and his throne ²  will be established in righteousness. ³ 

Like a muddied ¹  spring and a polluted ²  well, so is a righteous person who gives way ³  before the wicked.

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, ¹  but the righteous person is as confident ²  as a lion.

Those who forsake the law ¹  praise the wicked, ²  but those who keep the law contend ³  with them.

When the righteous rejoice, ¹  great is the glory, ²  but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out. ³ 

When the wicked gain control, ¹  people ²  hide themselves, ³  but when they perish, ⁴  the righteous increase.

When the righteous become numerous, ¹  the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. ² 

The righteous person cares for ¹  the legal rights ²  of the poor; the wicked does not understand such ³  knowledge.