¹¹ Then shall ^[a]counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee,

¹² And deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

¹³ And from them that leave the ^[b]ways of righteousness to walk in the ways of darkness:

¹⁴ Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight ^[c]in the frowardness of the wicked,

¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and they are lewd in their paths.

¹⁶ And it shall deliver thee from the strange ^[d]woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

¹⁷ Which forsaketh the ^[e]guide of her youth, and forgetteth the ^[f]covenant of her God.

¹⁸ Surely her ^[g]house tendeth to death, and her paths unto ^[h]the dead.

¹⁹ All they that go unto her, return not again, neither take they hold of the ways of life.

²⁰ Therefore walk thou in the way of good men, and keep the ways of the righteous.

²¹ For the just shall dwell in the ^[i]land, and the upright men shall remain in it.

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

³¹ ¶ Be not ^[a]envious for the wicked man, neither choose any of his ways,

³² For the froward is abomination unto the Lord: but his ^[b]secret is with the righteous.

¹² The unthrifty man ^[a]and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He maketh a sign with his eyes: he ^[b]signifieth with his feet: he ^[c]instructeth with his fingers.

¹⁴ Lewd things are in his heart: he imagineth evil at all times, and raiseth up contentions.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: he shall be destroyed suddenly without recovery.

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but iniquity shall cover the mouth of ^[a]the wicked.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a wellspring of life: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹² Hatred stirreth up contentions: ^(A)but love covereth all trespasses.

¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found, and ^[a]a rod shall be for the back of him that is destitute of wisdom.

¹⁸ He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inventeth slander, is a fool.

¹³ He that goeth about as a slanderer, discovereth a secret: but he that is of a faithful heart, concealeth a matter.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is ^[a]right in his own eyes: but he that heareth in counsel, is wise.

¹⁶ A fool in a day shall be known by his anger: but he ^[b]that covereth shame, is wise.

¹⁷ He that speaketh truth, will show righteousness: but a false witness useth deceit.

^18 (A)There is that speaketh words like the prickings of ^[c]a sword: but the tongue of wise men is health.

¹⁶ Every wise man will work by knowledge: but a fool will spread abroad folly.