8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all transgressions.
13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.
17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression: but he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
20The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow therewith.
23It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
24The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.