¹⁹ Truly the righteous attain life,^(A)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.^(B)

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,^(A)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(B)

²³ The fear of the Lord leads to life;
    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.^(A)

²⁸ In the way of righteousness there is life;^(A)
    along that path is immortality.

³⁶ But those who fail to find me harm themselves;^(A)
    all who hate me love death.”^(B)

²² All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer^[a] stepping into a noose^[b](A)
23     till an arrow pierces^(B) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.^(C)