² A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord:
    but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness:
    but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right:
    but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not:
    but the house of the righteous shall stand.

¹⁰ A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:
    but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹² The wicked desireth the net of evil men:
    but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips:
    but the just shall come out of trouble.

²¹ There shall no evil happen to the just:
    but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
    but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

²⁸ In the way of righteousness is life;
    and in the pathway thereof there is no death.