Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.

A worthless man devises and digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

For wisdom’s profit is better than the profit of silver,
And her gain is better than fine gold.