¹¹ My son,^(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,^(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
¹² because the Lord disciplines those he loves,^(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.^[a](D)

²³ Above all else, guard^(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.^(B)

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,^(A)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(B)

²⁴ What the wicked dread^(A) will overtake them;^(B)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.^(C)

²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm^(D) forever.^(E)

³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.^(A)

³ The integrity of the upright guides them,
    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.^(A)

⁴ Wealth^(B) is worthless in the day of wrath,^(C)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(D)

²⁰ The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,^(A)
    but he delights^(B) in those whose ways are blameless.^(C)

²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

²¹ Trouble pursues the sinner,^(B)
    but the righteous^(C) are rewarded with good things.^(D)

¹¹ The house of the wicked will be destroyed,^(A)
    but the tent of the upright will flourish.^(B)