16. These shesh (six) things doth Hashem hate; indeed, shevah (seven) are an abomination unto His Nefesh;
17. Haughty eyes, a lashon sheker, and hands guilty of shefach dahm naki,
18. A lev that deviseth wicked machshevot (plans), raglayim that are swift in running to ra'ah,
19. An ed sheker that speaketh lies, and he that soweth midanim (contention, strife, discords) among achim.
20. Beni (my son), keep the mitzvat Avicha, and forsake not the torat Immecha;
21. Bind them tamid (continually) upon thine lev, and tie them about thy neck.
22. When thou goest, it shall guide thee; when thou sleepest, it shall be shomer over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23. For the mitzvah is a ner (lamp); and torah an ohr; and tokhakhot musar (reproofs of discipline) are the Derech Chayyim (Life Lane);