21. Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered.
22. As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.
23. The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
24. There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want.
25. The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]
26. The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it], but a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.
27. He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him.
28. He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough.
29. He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30. The fruit of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human lives [for God, as a fisher of men–he gathers and receives them for eternity]. [Matt. 4:19; I Cor. 9:19; James 5:20.]
31. Behold, the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be recompensed on earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner! And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and wicked? [I Pet. 4:18.]