²¹ My son,^(A) do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight,^(B)
    preserve sound judgment and discretion;
²² they will be life for you,^(C)
    an ornament to grace your neck.^(D)
23 Then you will go on your way in safety,^(E)
    and your foot will not stumble.^(F)
24 When you lie down,^(G) you will not be afraid;^(H)
    when you lie down, your sleep^(I) will be sweet.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.^(A)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.^(B)
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

³¹ Do not envy^(C) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

³² For the Lord detests the perverse^(D)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.^(E)

⁵ The plans of the righteous are just,
    but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

⁸ The way of the guilty is devious,^(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

¹² The Righteous One^[a] takes note of the house of the wicked
    and brings the wicked to ruin.^(A)

¹³ Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out^(B) and not be answered.^(C)

¹⁴ A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.^(D)

¹⁵ When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.^(E)

⁸ The way of the guilty is devious,^(A)
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁷ The righteous care about justice for the poor,^(A)
    but the wicked have no such concern.