21. The sfatayim (lips) of the tzaddik feed rabbim (many), but fools die for lack of lev [of chochmah].
22. The Birkat Hashem, it maketh wealthy, and He addeth no sorrow with it.
23. It is as sport to a kesil to do zimmah (evil design), but an ish tevunah (man of understanding) hath chochmah.
24. What the rashah dreads, it shall come upon him, but the ta'avat tzaddikim shall be granted.
25. As the whirlwind passeth, so is the rashah no more, but the tzaddik is a yesod olam (an everlasting foundation).
26. As chometz to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) to them that send him.
27. The Yirat Hashem prolongeth yamim; but the shanot of the resha'im shall be cut short.
28. The prospect of the tzaddikim shall be simchah, but the tikveh of the resha'im shall perish.
29. The Derech Hashem is maoz to the blameless, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30. The tzaddik shall never be removed, but the resha'im shall not inhabit Eretz.
31. The peh (mouth) of the tzaddik bringeth forth chochmah, but the lashon tahpukhot (tongue of perversion, distortion) shall be cut off.
32. The sfatayim (lips) of the tzaddik know what is ratzon (acceptable), but the peh (mouth) of the resha'im speaketh tahpukhot (perversity).