for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

A person is praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind is despised.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.