⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend,
⁵ to keep you from ^(A)the forbidden^[a] woman,
    from ^(B)the adulteress^[b] with her smooth words.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates its victims,
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.

²³ Whoever ^(A)rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than ^(B)he who flatters with his tongue.

^5 (A)A man who flatters his neighbor
    spreads ^(B)a net for his feet.