Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

The commentary is practical, hard-hitting, current, and spiritual.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.