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21 My son, let them not depart from your eyes.
    Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 so they will be life to your soul,
    and grace for your neck.
23 Then you shall walk in your way securely.
    Your foot won’t stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
    Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
25 Don’t be afraid of sudden fear,
    neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
26 for Yahweh will be your confidence,
    and will keep your foot from being taken.

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
    but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

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A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,
    and the wicked takes his place.

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15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
    but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

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The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.
The wicked are overthrown, and are no more,
    but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips,
    but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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21 No mischief shall happen to the righteous,
    but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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He who guards his mouth guards his soul.
    One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life,
    to turn from the snares of death.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the wise,
    to keep him from going downward to Sheol.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:24 Sheol is the place of the dead.

27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
    but he who hates bribes will live.

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16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
    but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

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