⁸ Like a bird that flees its nest^(A)
    is anyone who flees from home.

⁹ Perfume^(B) and incense bring joy to the heart,
    and the pleasantness of a friend
    springs from their heartfelt advice.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster^(C) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

²⁴ The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.^(A)

¹⁷ The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.^(A)

³ The prudent see danger and take refuge,^(A)
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(B)

⁵ In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,^(A)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

22 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
    to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.^(A)

⁹ If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
¹⁰ or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

²⁵ Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
²⁶ for the Lord will be at your side^(A)
    and will keep your foot^(B) from being snared.^(C)

³² When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,^(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.^(B)