⁷ The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
    but the house of the righteous will stand.^(A)
8 One is commended for good sense,
    but a perverse mind is despised.

¹² The wicked covet the proceeds of wickedness,^[a]
    but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

²¹ No harm happens to the righteous,
    but the wicked are filled with trouble.^(A)

²⁸ In the path of righteousness there is life;
    in walking its path there is no death.^(A)

⁶ Righteousness guards one whose way is upright,
    but sin overthrows the wicked.^(A)