12  ^vA worthless person, a wicked man,

goes about with ^wcrooked speech,

13  ^xwinks with his eyes, signals¹ with his feet,

points with his finger,

14  with ^yperverted heart ^zdevises evil,

continually ^asowing discord;

15  therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;

^bin a moment he will be broken ^cbeyond healing.

10  Whoever ^twinks the eye causes trouble,

and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

11  ^uThe mouth of the righteous is ^va fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked ⁿconceals violence.

3  ^eThe integrity of the upright guides them,

^fbut the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

30  Whoever winks his eyes plans^{1 e}dishonest things;

he who ^fpurses his lips brings evil to pass.

14  “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

but when he goes away, then he boasts.

6  ^gDo not eat the bread of a man who is ^hstingy;¹

ⁱdo not desire his delicacies,

7  for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.²

“Eat and drink!” he says to you,

but his ^jheart is not with you.

8  You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,

and waste your pleasant words.

23  ^tLike the ^uglaze¹ covering an earthen vessel

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24  Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips

and harbors deceit in his heart;

25  ^vwhen he speaks graciously, believe him not,

for there are ^wseven abominations in his heart;

26  though his hatred be covered with deception,

his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.