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.