I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”

Your beginning ¹  will seem so small, since your future will flourish. ² 

Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; ¹  evil men have no future. ² 

If I were to fly away ¹  on the wings of the dawn, ²  and settle down on the other side ³  of the sea,

but in the end ¹  she is bitter ²  as wormwood, ³  sharp as a two-edged ⁴  sword.

And at the end of your life ¹  you will groan ²  when your flesh and your body are wasted away. ³ 

An inheritance gained easily ¹  in the beginning will not be blessed ²  in the end. ³ 

Afterward ¹  it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

If ¹  someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling ²  in the end.

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! ¹  For the one who promotes peace has a future. ² 

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, ¹  and understood the destiny of the wicked. ² 

May his descendants ¹  be cut off! ²  May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! ³ 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

Even in laughter the heart may ache, ¹  and the end ²  of joy may be ³  grief.

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

Listen to advice ¹  and receive discipline, that ²  you may become wise ³  by the end of your life. ⁴ 

For surely there is a future, ¹  and your hope will not be cut off. ² 

for the evil person has no future, ¹  and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. ² 

At the beginning his words ¹  are foolish and at the end ²  his talk ³  is wicked madness, ⁴ 

Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. ¹  Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it! ²