12
All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
13
The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain.
14
A generous man will be made glad; likewise transgressors will utterly fail.
15
The children of the ungodly will not put forth many branches; they are unhealthy roots upon sheer rock.
16
The reeds by any water or river bank will be plucked up before any grass.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.