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Verse 33 ends wisdom's statement that began in Proverbs 1:22.
eat the fruit of their ways
Here a person's behavior is spoken of as if it were a way or road. Also, a person receiving the results of their behavior is spoken as if the person were eating the fruit of their behavior. Alternate translation: "experience the consequences of their actions" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
with the fruit of their schemes they will be filled
"they will eat the fruit of their schemes until they are full." A person receiving the results of their own evil plans is spoken of as eating the fruit of their schemes. Alternate translation: "they will suffer the consequences of their own evil plans" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)