³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor and choose none of his ways.

³² For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but his secret is with the righteous.

³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked, but he shall bless the habitation of the just.

¹⁴ ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

¹⁶ For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

¹⁸ But the path of the just is as the light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know in what they stumble.

²² His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.

²³ He shall die because he did not submit to chastening; and due to the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

¹² ¶ A wicked man of Belial walks with a perverse mouth.

¹³ He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;

¹⁴ there is perversion in his heart; he devises evil continually; he sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

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

⁷ ¶ The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall stink.

²⁴ ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but God shall grant the desire of the righteous.

²⁵ When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is founded for ever.

²⁶ ¶ As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those that send him.

²⁷ ¶ The fear of the LORD shall prolong days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

²⁸ The hope of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

²⁹ ¶ The way of the LORD is strength to the perfect, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity.

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

¹⁰ ¶ When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are feasts.

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

⁵ ¶ The thoughts of the righteous are upright, but the astuteness of the wicked is deceit.

⁶ ¶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷ ¶ God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.

¹⁰ ¶ The righteous is merciful even unto his beast, but the piety of the wicked is cruel.

²³ ¶ A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.