²⁰ My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.

²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is as choice silver:
    the heart of the wicked is little worth.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
    but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
    but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil:
    but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

³⁰ The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:
    and a good report maketh the bones fat.

16 The preparations of the heart in man,
    and 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 weigheth the spirits.

⁵ Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord:
    though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
    and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

²² Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it:
    but the instruction of fools is folly.

²³ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth,
    and addeth learning to his lips.