25. The wicked are destroyed when trouble comes, but good people stand strong forever.
26. Sending a lazy person to do anything is as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
27. Respect for the Lord will add years to your life, but the wicked will have their lives cut short.
28. What good people hope for brings happiness, but what the wicked hope for brings destruction.
29. The Lord protects those who do right, but he destroys those who do wrong.