Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” ¹ 

For this very reason, ¹  make every effort ²  to add to your faith excellence, ³  to excellence, knowledge;

Doing wickedness ¹  is an abomination to kings, because a throne ²  is established in righteousness.

whose paths ¹  are morally crooked, ²  and who are devious ³  in their ways;

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety. ¹ 

Is not your wickedness great ¹  and is there no end to your iniquity?

The Exalted God is my shield, ¹  the one who delivers the morally upright. ² 

Their swords will pierce ¹  their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

for evil men will lose their power, ¹  but the Lord sustains ²  the godly.

The Lord knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt. ¹ 

For justice will prevail, ¹  and all the morally upright ²  will be vindicated. ³ 

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy. ¹ 

To ¹  learn ²  wisdom ³  and moral instruction, ⁴  and to discern ⁵  wise counsel. ⁶ 

To receive ¹  moral instruction ²  in skillful living, ³  in ⁴  righteousness, ⁵  justice, ⁶  and equity. ⁷ 

To impart ¹  shrewdness ²  to the morally naive, ³  and ⁴  a discerning ⁵  plan ⁶  to the young person. ⁷ 

Because ¹  they hated moral knowledge, ²  and did not choose to fear the Lord, ³ 

For wisdom will enter your heart, ¹  and moral knowledge ²  will be attractive ³  to you. ⁴ 

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

Treasures gained by wickedness ¹  do not profit, but righteousness ²  delivers from mortal danger. ³ 

Gray hair is like ¹  a crown of glory; ²  it is attained ³  in the path of righteousness. ⁴