³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is ^(A)a tree of life,
And ^(B)one who is wise ^[a]gains souls.
³¹ If ^(C)the righteous will be repaid on the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

² A ^(A)good person will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a person ^[a]who devises evil.
³ A person will ^(B)not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the ^(C)righteous will not be moved.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
⁶ The ^(A)words of the wicked wait in ambush for blood,
But the ^(B)mouth of the upright will rescue them.
⁷ The ^(C)wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the ^(D)house of the righteous will stand.
⁸ A person will be praised according to his insight,
But one of perverse ^[a]mind will be despised.