⁹ “The ^(A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And ^[a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

²³ O Lord, I know the ^(A)way of man is not in himself;
It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.

^23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

²⁴ A man who has friends ^[a]must himself be friendly,
^(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before ^[a]a fall.

⁴ “Behold,^(A) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
^(B)I lay my hand over my mouth.
⁵ Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”