5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

6 ^aTrain up a child in the way he should go,
¹And when he is old he will not depart from it. ‡

8 He who sows iniquity will reap ^asorrow,
And the rod of his anger will fail. ‡

9 ^aHe who has a¹ generous eye will be ^bblessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor. ‡