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¹⁹ Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live,
   but whoever pursues evil will die.
²⁰ Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
   but those of blameless ways are his delight.
²¹ Be assured, the wicked will not go unpunished,
   but those who are righteous will escape.
²² Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
   is a beautiful woman without good sense.
²³ The desire of the righteous ends only in good;
   the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
²⁴ Some give freely, yet grow all the richer;
   others withhold what is due, and only suffer want.
²⁵ A generous person will be enriched,
   and one who gives water will get water.
²⁶ The people curse those who hold back grain,
   but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.
²⁷ Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favour,
   but evil comes to the one who searches for it.
²⁸ Those who trust in their riches will wither,^*
   but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.
²⁹ Those who trouble their households will inherit wind,
   and the fool will be servant to the wise.
³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
   but violence^* takes lives away.
³¹ If the righteous are repaid on earth,
   how much more the wicked and the sinner!

12Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
   but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
² The good obtain favour from the Lord,
   but those who devise evil he condemns.
³ No one finds security by wickedness,
   but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
⁴ A good wife is the crown of her husband,
   but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just;
   the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
⁶ The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
   but the speech of the upright delivers them.