27. A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28. A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.]
29. The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
30. He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass.