⁵ A righteous person hates deceit,
    but the wicked person is shameful and disgraceful.
⁶ Righteousness protects the blameless,
    but wickedness brings down^[a] the sinner.

⁹ The light of the righteous shines,
    but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

²² A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
    but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.

²⁵ A righteous person eats to his heart’s content,
    but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.