³² “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For ^(A)blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³ Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.
^34 (B)Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at the posts of my doors.
³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life,
And ^(C)obtains favor from the Lord;
³⁶ But he who sins against me ^(D)wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death.”

^25 (A)Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,
But ^(B)a good word makes it glad.

^13 (A)A merry heart makes a cheerful ^[a]countenance,
But ^(B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil,
^(A)But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

³⁰ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
And a good report makes the bones ^[a]healthy.

²⁰ He who heeds the word wisely will find good,
And whoever ^(A)trusts in the Lord, happy is he.

²² A ^(A)merry heart ^[a]does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.