²⁷ A ^(A)vile man digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like ^(B)scorching fire.
²⁸ A perverse man spreads strife,
And a whisperer separates close companions.
²⁹ A man of violence ^(C)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
³⁰ He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

⁴ An ^(A)evildoer gives heed to lips of wickedness;
^[a]A liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

⁹ He who ^(A)covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter ^(B)separates close companions.

¹⁹ He who ^(A)loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who ^(B)makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
²⁰ He who has a crooked heart ^(C)finds no good,
And he who is ^(D)perverted in his tongue falls into evil.

²⁴ Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,
But the ^(A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

18 He who separates himself seeks his own desire,
He ^(A)breaks out in dispute against all sound wisdom.
² A fool does not delight in discernment,
But only ^(B)in revealing his own heart.

²³ The ^(A)poor man speaks supplications,
But the ^(B)rich man ^(C)answers with strong words.