6Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents.
7Fine words don't suit stupid people, how much less are lies suited to a ruler.
8Whoever gives a bribe thinks it's a magical stone—that wherever they turn they'll have success!
9If you forgive a wrong you encourage friendship, but if you keep talking about it you'll lose your friend.
10A reprimand hits a thinking person more than one hundred blows hit someone stupid.
11Evil people are only looking to rebel, so a cruel messenger will be sent to attack them.
12Better to meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs than a stupid person and their foolishness.
13If you repay evil for good, evil will never leave your house.
14The beginning of a quarrel is like the first leak in a water dam, so drop it before a major argument bursts out.
15The Lord hates it when the wicked are acquitted and the innocent condemned.