12 All bribery and injustice will be blotted out.

Good faith will stand forever.

13 The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river,

and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise.

14 In opening his hands, a man will be made glad;

so lawbreakers will utterly fail.

15 The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches,

and are as unhealthy roots on a sheer rock.

16 The reeds by every water or river bank

will be plucked up before all grass.

17 Kindness is like a garden of blessings.

Almsgiving endures forever.

18 The life of one who labours and is content will be made sweet.

He who finds a treasure is better than both.

19 Children and the building of a city establish a name.

A blameless wife is better than both.

20 Wine and music rejoice the heart.

The love of wisdom is better than both.

21 The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody.

A pleasant tongue is better than both.

22 Your eye desires grace and beauty,

but the green shoots of grain more than both.

23 A friend and a companion is always welcome,

and a wife with her husband is better than both.

24 Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction,

but almsgiving rescues better than both.

25 Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure,

and counsel is esteemed better than both.

26 Riches and strength will lift up the heart.

The fear of the master is better than both.

There is nothing lacking in the fear of the master.

In it, there is no need to seek help.

27 The fear of the master is like a garden of blessing

and covers a man more than any glory.