19 Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and a fool.

¹⁵ My child,^[a] if your heart is wise,
    my own heart will rejoice!
¹⁶ Everything in me will celebrate
    when you speak what is right.

24 Don’t envy evil people
    or desire their company.
² For their hearts plot violence,
    and their words always stir up trouble.

⁷ A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is as useless as a paralyzed leg.