¹⁸ She is a tree of life for those who seize her;
    those who take hold of her are considered happy.

³² “And now, children, listen to me;
    happy are those who will keep my ways.
³³ Hear teaching and be wise;
    do not neglect it.
³⁴ Happy is the person who listens to me,
    in order to keep watch at my doors day by day,
    in order to guard the frames of my entrances.
³⁵ For he who finds me is he who finds^[a] life,
    and he obtains favor from Yahweh.
³⁶ But he who misses me injures himself.^[b]
    All those who hate me love death.”

²⁸ The hope of the righteous is gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.