¹¹ discretion shall preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee,

¹² to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from men that speaketh froward things,

¹³ who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil and delight in the frowardness of the wicked,

¹⁵ whose ways are crooked and who are froward in their paths.

¹⁶ Wisdom will deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger, who flattereth with her words,

¹⁷ who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

¹⁸ for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

¹⁹ None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

²⁰ Thus thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

²² but the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways;

³² for the froward is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret is with the righteous.

¹² A vile person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth;

¹³ he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually, he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.

¹³ On the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth slander, is a fool.

¹³ A talebearer revealeth secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

¹⁶ A fool’s wrath is known at once, but a prudent man covereth shame.

¹⁷ He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.

¹⁸ There is he that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.

¹⁶ Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, but a fool layeth open his folly.

²⁷ A froward man diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is a burning fire.

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth closest friends.

²⁹ A violent man enticeth his neighbor and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

³⁰ He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things; moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.