²³ Wise people’s ·minds [hearts] ·tell them what to say [^Lprovide insight to their mouth],
and that ·helps them be better teachers [enhances their teaching].

²⁴ Pleasant words are like ·a honeycomb [liquid honey],
·making people happy and healthy [^Lsweet to the taste and healing to the bones].

²⁵ ·Some people think they are doing right [^LThere is a path that is straight before a person/^Tseems right to a man],
but in the end it ·leads [^Lis the path] to death.