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¶ The good man shall attain the favour of the LORD, but the man of wicked thoughts he will condemn.

¶ Man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

¶ The virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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Good people obtain favor from the Lord,(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.(B)

No one can be established through wickedness,
    but the righteous cannot be uprooted.(C)

A wife of noble character(D) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.(E)

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