Emphasizing further the value of pursuing righteousness, Solomon contrasts the outcome of the blameless with that of the wicked, saying: “The righteousness of the blameless one is what will make his way straight, but in his own wickedness the wicked one will fall.
Vēl vairāk uzsvērdams, cik svarīgi ir dzīties pēc taisnīguma, Salamans pretstatīja taisno un ļauno cilvēku ceļa galu.