Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Tie them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

He will get a beating and dishonor,
and his disgrace will never be removed.

The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

Good sense wins favor,
but the way of the treacherous never changes.

If anyone returns evil for good,
evil will never depart from his house.

For then you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.

realize that wisdom is the same for you.
If you find it, you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.

otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:

Sheol; a childless womb;
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

She sees that her profits are good,
and her lamp never goes out at night.

She watches over the activities of her household
and is never idle.