³ Those who do what is right are guided by their honest lives.
    But those who aren’t faithful are destroyed by their lies.

⁵ The ways of honest people are made straight because they do what is right.
    But those who do what is wrong are brought down by their own sins.

⁶ Godly people are saved by doing what is right.
    But those who aren’t faithful are trapped by evil longings.

⁷ Hopes placed in human beings will die with them.
    Everything their power promised comes to nothing.

⁸ Those who do right are saved from trouble.
    But trouble comes on those who do wrong.

¹⁰ When those who do right succeed, their city is glad.
    When those who do wrong die, people shout for joy.

¹¹ The blessing of honest people builds up a city.
    But the words of sinners destroy it.

¹⁸ An evil person really earns nothing.
    But the one who plants what is right will certainly be rewarded.

¹⁹ Surely right living leads to life.
    But whoever runs after evil finds death.

²³ What godly people long for ends only in what is good.
    But what sinners hope for ends only in God’s anger.

³⁰ The fruit that godly people bear is like a tree of life.
    And those who are wise save lives.

³¹ Godly people get what they should get on earth.
    So ungodly people and sinners will certainly get what they should get!