19 It is better to be poor and ·honest [^Lwalking in innocence]
than to be foolish and ·tell lies [^Lhave crooked lips].

¹⁵ My child, if ·you are [^Lyour heart is] wise,
    then ·I [^Lmy heart] will be happy.
¹⁶ ·I will be so pleased [^LMy inmost being will rejoice]
    if you speak ·what is right [with integrity].

24 Don’t envy evil people
    or ·try to be friends [^Llong to be] with them.
² Their ·minds [^Lhearts] are ·always planning [focused/fixated on] violence,
    and ·they always [^Ltheir lips] talk about making trouble [Ps. 37; 73].

⁷ A ·wise saying spoken by [^Lproverb in the mouth of] a fool
·is as useless as [^Ldangles like] the legs of a crippled person.