The righteousnessof the uprightwill deliverthem, But the treacherouswill be caughtby [their own] greed.
"So my honestywill answerfor me later,whenyou comeconcerningmy wages.Everyonethat is not speckledand spottedamong the goatsand blackamong the lambs,[if found] with me, will be considered stolen."
"Thoughyou have feltthroughallmy goods,whathave you foundof allyour householdgoods?Set[it] herebeforemy kinsmenand your kinsmen,that they may decidebetweenus two.
The kingalso saidto Shimei,"You knowallthe evilwhichyou acknowledgein your heart,whichyou didto my fatherDavid;therefore the LORDshall returnyour evilon your own head.
The nationshave sunkdownin the pitwhich they have made;In the netwhichthey hid,their own foothas been caught.
With [his] mouththe godlessmandestroyshis neighbor,But through knowledgethe righteouswill be delivered.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
He who digsa pitmay fallinto it, and a serpentmay bitehim who breaksthrougha wall.
Then the menof Israelturned,and the menof Benjaminwere terrified;for they sawthat disasterwas closeto them.
