⁴ Wealth^(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(C)

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,^(D)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.^(E)

⁶ The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.^(F)

⁷ Hopes placed in mortals die with them;^(G)
    all the promise of^[a] their power comes to nothing.^(H)

⁸ The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.^(I)

¹⁵ Whoever puts up security^(A) for a stranger will surely suffer,
    but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.^(B)

¹⁹ Truly the righteous attain life,^(A)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.^(B)

²¹ Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
    but those who are righteous will go free.^(A)

²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
    but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

²⁸ Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(B)

²⁹ Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.^(C)

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,^(D)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

³¹ If the righteous receive their due^(E) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!