10Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.
13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; But he that is careless of his ways shall die.
17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
18Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.