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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the godly will flourish.

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11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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14 Backsliders get what they deserve;
    good people receive their reward.

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14 The faithless one will pay for his behavior,[a]
    but a good man will be rewarded[b] for his.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:14 Lit. ways
  2. Proverbs 14:14 The Heb. lacks will be rewarded

24 Wealth is a crown for the wise;
    the effort of fools yields only foolishness.

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24 The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but the stupidity of fools is just that—stupidity!

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32 The wicked are crushed by disaster,
    but the godly have a refuge when they die.

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32 The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing,
    but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in his own piety