²⁰ The crooked heart will not prosper;
    the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.

⁶ Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
    they are asking for a beating.

⁷ The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    they trap themselves with their lips.

³¹ The mouth of the godly person gives wise advice,
    but the tongue that deceives will be cut off.

¹² Wise words bring approval,
    but fools are destroyed by their own words.

¹⁴ Wise people treasure knowledge,
    but the babbling of a fool invites disaster.

¹⁰ People who wink at wrong cause trouble,
    but a bold reproof promotes peace.^[a]

¹³ All who fear the Lord will hate evil.
    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,
    corruption and perverse speech.

¹² What are worthless and wicked people like?
    They are constant liars,
¹³ signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,
    a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
¹⁴ Their perverted hearts plot evil,
    and they constantly stir up trouble.
¹⁵ But they will be destroyed suddenly,
    broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.

³² Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
    but he offers his friendship to the godly.