³¹ Do not envy a violent person.
Do not choose any of his ways,
³² because a crooked person is an abomination^[a] to the Lord,
but God’s friendly guidance leads^[b] the upright.
³³ The Lord’s curse rests on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the righteous.

¹⁴ Do not travel on the path of the wicked.
Do not walk in the way of evil people.
¹⁵ Avoid it! Do not travel on it!
Turn away from it. Pass it by.
¹⁶ For they cannot sleep
    unless they have been doing wrong,
and they are robbed of sleep
    unless they are making someone stumble,
¹⁷ because wickedness is the food they eat,
and violence is the wine they drink.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until it is day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness.
They never know where they will stumble.

²² The evil deeds of the wicked man will capture him,
and he will be bound by the ropes of his sin.
²³ He will die for lack of discipline,
and he will go astray because of his great stupidity.

¹² A worthless, wicked scoundrel,
who goes around with a corrupt mouth,
¹³ who winks with his eye, signals with his foot,
and gestures with his fingers,
¹⁴ who plots evil with a deceitful heart—
he always spreads conflict.
¹⁵ Therefore his disaster will come upon him suddenly.
All at once he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

⁶ Blessings crown the head of a righteous person,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.^[a]
7 To remember a righteous person is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.

²⁴ What the wicked person dreads will come upon him,
but the Lord will grant what the righteous desire.
²⁵ When the storm has passed, the wicked person is no more,
but the righteous person has an everlasting foundation.
²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,
so is a lazy person to those who send him.
²⁷ The fear of the Lord will add days to a person’s life,
but the years of wicked people will be cut short.
²⁸ The confident hope of the righteous is joy,
but the ambitions of the wicked will perish.
²⁹ The way of the Lord is a fortress for a person who has integrity,
but it brings destruction for evildoers.
³⁰ A righteous person will never be toppled,^[a]
but wicked people will not dwell on earth.

¹⁰ When the righteous prosper, a city rejoices,
and when the wicked perish, there is a shout of joy.
¹¹ Through the blessing of upright citizens, a city is raised up,
but by the mouth of the wicked, it is torn down.

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the mouths of the upright will save them.
⁷ Wicked people are overthrown, and they are no more,
but the house of the righteous continues to stand.

¹⁰ A righteous person understands the needs of his livestock,
but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.