²⁰ Thus thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous tendeth to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for want of wisdom.

²⁴ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

²⁵ As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more; but the righteous is as an everlasting foundation.

²⁸ The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

³⁰ The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

³¹ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom, but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.