⁶ Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

¹¹ The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

²⁰ A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

¹⁶ May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

¹⁷ But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

¹⁸ (May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

¹⁹ Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

²⁵ But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

²⁶ He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

⁴² The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

¹³ The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

⁸ Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

² And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God.