6. The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
7. Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
8. The wisdom of the sane is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
9. Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.
10. The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.
11. The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
12. There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13. Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
15. The simple believes every word, but the prudent man understands his steps.
16. The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
17. He that is soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.
18. The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom.
19. Those who are evil shall bow before those who are good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.
21. The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.
22. Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.