9It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.
10The soul of the wicked longeth for evil: his neighbor findeth no grace in his eyes.
11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is taught intelligence, he receiveth knowledge.
12The righteous regardeth attentively the house of the wicked; but God overturneth the wicked into unhappiness.
13Whoso stoppeth his ears against the cry of the poor, he also will cry himself, but shall not be answered.
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong fury.
15It is joy to the righteous to execute justice; but it is a terror to wrong-doers.
16The man that wandereth astray out of the way of intelligence shall rest in the assembly of the departed.
17He that loveth pleasure will be a man of want: he that loveth wine and oil will not become rich.
18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous shall be put in the stead of the upright.
19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.