¹⁵ My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;
¹⁶ my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.^(A)

24 Do not envy^(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;
² for their hearts plot violence,^(B)
    and their lips talk about making trouble.^(C)

⁷ Like the useless legs of one who is lame
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.^(A)