18. The wicked person earns deceitful wages,but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
19. True righteousness leads to life,but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
20. The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart,but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
21. Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished,but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
22. Like a gold ring in a pig’s snoutis a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
23. What the righteous desire leads only to good,but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.