20. For there shall be no acharit (latter end, future) to the rah; the ner (light) of the resha'im shall be put out.
21. Beni (my son), fear thou Hashem and the Melech, and do not associate with them that are otherwise disposed.
22. For their calamity shall arise suddenly; and who hath da'as of ruin those two [i.e., Hashem and the Melech] can bring?
23. These things also belong to chachamim: it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat.
24. He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik, him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him;
25. But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well, and birkat tov shall come upon them.
26. He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct), giveth a kiss on the sfatayim.
27. Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.
28. Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).
29. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.
30. I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev [of understanding]),
31. And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32. Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; I looked upon it, and received musar.