So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.