³¹ Do not envy a man of violence,
    and do not choose any of his ways,
³² for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh,
    but those who are upright are his confidence.
³³ The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked,
    and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

¹⁴ In the path of the wicked do not go;
    do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
¹⁵ Avoid it; do not transgress it;
    turn away from it and pass by.
¹⁶ For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong,
    and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
¹⁷ For they ate the bread of wickedness,
    and they drank the wine of violence.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn,
    leading and shining until the day is full.^[a]
19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
    they do not know what they stumble over.

²² His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer,
    and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
²³ He shall die for lack of^[a] discipline,
    and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.

¹² A worthless man, an evil man,
    goes around with deceitful speech.^[a]
13 Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,
    pointing in his fingers,
¹⁴ perversion in his heart, he devises evil;
    at all times he will send out discord.^[b]
15 Upon such a man,^[c] suddenly shall his calamity come;
    in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.^[d]

⁶ Blessings belong to the head of the righteous,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
⁷ The memory of righteousness is like a blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.