4Where no oxen are, is the crib clean; but the abundance of harvests is only through the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness constantly uttereth lies.
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none; but knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.
7Go far away from a foolish man, else thou wilt never know the lips of knowledge.
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.