2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord,i

but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.j

3 No one can be established through wickedness,

but the righteous cannot be uprooted.k

4 A wife of noble characterl is her husband’s crown,

but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.m

5 The plans of the righteous are just,

but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,

but the speech of the upright rescues them.n

7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more,o

but the house of the righteous stands firm.p

8 A person is praised according to their prudence,

and one with a warpedq mind is despised.

9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant

than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,r

but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,

but those who chase fantasies have no sense.s

12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,

but the root of the righteous endures.

13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,t

and so the innocent escape trouble.u

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,v

and the work of their hands brings them reward.w

15 The way of fools seems right to them,x

but the wise listen to advice.y