4. A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5. The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6. The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7. Overthrow the wicked, and they are no more; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8. A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
9. Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.