Proverbs

⁵Doing right makes life better for those who are good, but the wicked are destroyed by their own wicked ways. ⁶Doing right sets honest people free, but people who can’t be trusted are trapped by their greed. ⁷When the wicked die, all their hopes are lost; everything they thought they could do comes to nothing. ⁸Good people escape from trouble, but the wicked come along and are trapped by it. ⁹With their words hypocrites can destroy their neighbors. But with what they know, good people can escape. ¹⁰When good people are successful, the whole city is happy, and they all shout with joy when evil people are destroyed. ¹¹Blessings from the honest people living in a city will make it great, but the things evil people say can destroy it.