² A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;
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 just;
But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

^7 [a]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 ^[a]the net of evil men;
But the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
¹³ In the transgression of the lips is ^[b]a snare to the evil man;
But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

²¹ There shall no mischief happen to the righteous;
But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

²⁶ The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;
But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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