²¹ ¶ My son, do not let them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion,

²² so shall they be life unto thy soul and grace to thy neck.

²³ Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁴ When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

²⁵ Thou shall not be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked when it comes.

²⁶ For the LORD shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be imprisoned in their own sin.

⁸ ¶ The righteous is delivered out of the tribulation, and the wicked takes his place.

¹⁵ ¶ With anxiety shall he that is surety for a stranger be afflicted, and he that hates suretiship shall live securely.

⁶ ¶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

⁷ ¶ God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.

¹³ ¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of the tribulation.

²¹ ¶ No iniquity shall overtake the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

³ ¶ He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.

¹⁴ ¶ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

²⁴ ¶ The way of life is uphill to the wise, that he may separate himself from Sheol below.