⁶ A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.^[a](A)

²⁸ A false witness^(A) will perish,^(B)
    but a careful listener will testify successfully.

²⁸ Do not testify against your neighbor without cause^(A)—
    would you use your lips to mislead?
²⁹ Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”^(B)

⁸     do not bring^[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?^(A)

⁹ If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
¹⁰ or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.