7. The memory of the righteous man shall be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8. The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
9. He that walketh in integrity walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10. He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
11. The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
12. Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
13. In the lips of an intelligent man wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14. The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16. The labour of a righteous man tendeth to life; the revenue of a wicked man, to sin.