Good understanding gains favour, But the way of the treacherous is hard.
Good understanding giveth favour: But the way of transgressors is hard.
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard [like the barren, dry soil or the impassable swamp].
Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
Good insight brings favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.
Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm.
Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.