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

³⁴ Surely he scorns the scorners; but he gives grace unto the humble.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

³ The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish, but wickedness shall cast out the wicked.

²² ¶ The blessing of the LORD is that which makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

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.

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.

³ ¶ The perfection of the upright shall guide them in the way, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

⁵ ¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall straighten his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be imprisoned in their own sin.

⁷ ¶ When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of unjust men shall perish.

⁸ ¶ The righteous is delivered out of the tribulation, and the wicked takes his place.

¹⁹ ¶ As righteousness is unto life, so he that pursues evil pursues it unto his own death.

²⁰ ¶ They that are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

²¹ ¶ No matter how many covenants he has made with death, the wicked shall not be absolved, but the seed of the righteous shall escape.

²³ ¶ The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked is wrath.

²⁷ ¶ He that seeks good early shall find favour, but unto him that seeks evil, it shall come upon him.