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.

¹² The ^(A)wicked person desires the ^[a]plunder of evil people,
But the root of the righteous ^(B)yields fruit.

^21 (A)No harm happens to the righteous,
But the wicked are filled with trouble.

^28 (A)In the way of righteousness there is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

⁶ Righteousness ^(A)guards the ^[a]one whose way is blameless,
But wickedness brings the ^[b]sinner to ruin.

⁹ The ^(A)light of the righteous ^[a]rejoices,
But the ^(B)lamp of the wicked goes out.

^21 (A)Adversity pursues sinners,
But the ^(B)righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.
²² A good person ^(C)leaves an inheritance to his ^[a]grandchildren,
And the ^(D)wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.