⁶ Blessings are on the head of the just,
    but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

⁷ The memory of the just is blessed,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments,
    but a prating fool will fall.

⁹ He who walks uprightly walks surely,
    but he who perverts his ways will be known.

¹⁰ He who winks with the eye causes sorrow,
    but a prating fool will fall.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life,
    but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all sins.

¹³ In the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found,
    but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

¹⁸ He who hides hatred has lying lips,
    and he who spreads slander is a fool.

¹³ A talebearer reveals secrets,
    but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right,
    but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶ The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,”
    but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

¹³ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips,
    but the just will come out of trouble.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but he who listens to counsel is wise.

¹⁶ A fool’s wrath is presently known,
    but a prudent man covers shame.

¹⁷ He who speaks truth shows forth righteousness,
    but a false witness deceit.

¹⁸ There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword,
    but the tongue of the wise is health.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil,
    but to the counselors of peace is joy.

²¹ There will no evil happen to the just,
    but the wicked will be filled with mischief.

²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge,
    but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

⁷ There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
    there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

¹⁶ Every prudent man deals with knowledge,
    but a fool lays open his folly.

¹⁷ A wicked messenger falls into mischief,
    but a faithful envoy is health.