²⁰ So you may walk in the way of good men
    and keep the paths of the righteous.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

³ The integrity of the upright will guide them,
    but the perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
    but transgressors will be taken by their schemes.

¹⁷ The merciful man does good to his own soul,
    but he who is cruel troubles his own body.

²⁷ He who diligently seeks good procures favor,
    but he who seeks mischief, it will come to him.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
    and he who wins souls is wise.

² A good man obtains favor of the Lord,
    but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
    and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

¹⁴ The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,
    but a good man will be satisfied with his.