The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him.

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.