2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
3A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
5The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.
6The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.
7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
9Better is the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.