³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and the wise capture souls.^(A)
31 If the righteous are repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!^(B)

² The good obtain favor from the Lord,
    but those who devise evil he condemns.^(A)
3 No one finds security by wickedness,
    but the root of the righteous will never be moved.^(B)

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
⁶ The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
    but the speech of the upright delivers them.^(A)
7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
    but the house of the righteous will stand.^(B)
8 One is commended for good sense,
    but a perverse mind is despised.

¹² The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness,^[a]
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

²¹ No harm happens to the righteous,
    but the wicked are filled with trouble.^(A)