²⁰ ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my words.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

²³ Above all else, guard thy heart; for out of it flows the issues of life.

²⁰ ¶ The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding {Heb. heart} of the wicked is worth little.

²⁰ ¶ Deceit is in the heart of those whose thoughts are evil, but joy in that of those whose thoughts are good.

¹³ ¶ A joyful heart makes a beautiful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is abated.

¹⁵ ¶ All the days of the poor are difficult, but he that is of a good heart has a continual feast.

³⁰ ¶ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and a good report makes the bones fat.

16 ¶ Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

² ¶ All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirits.

⁵ ¶ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; the covenant that he makes, shall not be without chastening.

²¹ ¶ The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips shall increase doctrine.

²² ¶ Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

²³ ¶ The heart of the wise causes his mouth to be prudent, and with his lips he shall increase doctrine.