³ The one who guards his mouth protects his life;^(A)
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.^(B)

¹⁷ The highway of the upright^(A) avoids evil;
the one who guards his way protects his life.^(B)

¹⁶ The one who keeps commands preserves himself;^(A)
one who disregards^[a] his ways will die.^(B)

⁵ There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked;^(A)
the one who guards himself stays far from them.