Proverbs 16:23-28

²³Those who are wise think carefully before they talk, and as a result they are able to influence/persuade others to do what is right.

²⁴Kind words are like honey SIM: We enjoy them both, and both cause our bodies to be healthy/strong.

²⁵There are some kinds of behavior MET that people think are right, but ◄walking on those roads MET/continually doing those things► causes those people to die.

²⁶If a worker ◄has an appetite/is hungry►, that urges him to work hard because he SYN wants to earn money to buy things to eat.

²⁷Worthless people plan ways to cause trouble for others, and even what they say injures people like a hot fire does SIM.

²⁸Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; those who say alse things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.