²³ A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,^(A)
    but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴ What the wicked dread^(B) will overtake them;^(C)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.^(D)

²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm^(E) forever.^(F)

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and smoke^(G) to the eyes,
    so are sluggards to those who send them.^(H)

²⁷ The fear of the Lord adds length to life,^(I)
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.^(J)

²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(K)

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.^(L)

³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
    but the wicked will not remain in the land.^(M)

³¹ From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(N)
    but a perverse tongue^(O) will be silenced.

³² The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,^(P)
    but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.^(Q)