10. Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
11. He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
12. The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
13. The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
14. The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
15. Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16. He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.
17. Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
18. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
19. That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
20. Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
21. that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
23. for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.