11When the mocker is punished, the naive become wise, and when the wise person is instructed, he lays hold of knowledge.
12The righteous person watches the house of the wicked person; he brings wicked people to disaster.
13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry out, but he will not be answered.
14A gift in secret appeases anger and a concealed gift appeases strong wrath.
15When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous person, but it brings terror to evildoers.
16The one who wanders from the way of understanding, he will rest in the assembly of the dead.
17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18A wicked person is ransom for the righteous person, and the treacherous person is ransom for upright people.
19It is better to live in the desert than with a quarreling and angry wife.