19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

¹⁵ My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

¹⁶ yea, my reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things.

24 Be thou not envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.