27A worthless man digs up evil,
         While his words are like scorching fire.

28A perverse man spreads strife,
         And a slanderer separates intimate friends.

29A man of violence entices his neighbor
         And leads him in a way that is not good.

30He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
         He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

31A gray head is a crown of glory;
         It is found in the way of righteousness.

32He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
         And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

33The lot is cast into the lap,
         But its every decision is from the LORD.

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