^7 [a]The wicked are overthrown, and are not;
But the house of the righteous shall stand.
⁸ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;
But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

¹² The wicked desireth ^[a]the net of evil men;
But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

²¹ There shall no mischief happen to the righteous;
But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

²⁸ In the way of righteousness is life;
And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

⁶ Righteousness guardeth ^[a]him that is upright in the way;
But wickedness overthroweth ^[b]the sinner.

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoiceth;
But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹ Evil pursueth sinners;
But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children;
And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

²⁵ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul;
But the belly of the wicked shall want.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;
But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹⁴ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;
And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.