7. They will embarrass you at their dinner parties,and finally laugh at you.Afterwards, when they see you, they will pass you by,and shake their heads at you.
8. Be on guard: do not act too boldly;do not be like those who lack sense.
9. When the influential draw near, keep your distance;then they will urge you all the more.
10. Do not draw too close, lest you be rebuffed,but do not keep too far away lest you be regarded as an enemy.
11. Do not venture to be free with them,do not trust their many words;For by prolonged talk they will test you,and though smiling they will probe you.
12. Mercilessly they will make you a laughingstock,and will not refrain from injury or chains.
13. Be on your guard and take carenever to accompany lawless people.
15. Every living thing loves its own kind,and we all love someone like ourselves.
16. Every living being keeps close to its own kind;and people associate with their own kind.
17. Is a wolf ever allied with a lamb?So the sinner with the righteous.
18. Can there be peace between the hyena and the dog?Or peace between the rich and the poor?
19. Wild donkeys of the desert are lion’s prey;likewise the poor are feeding grounds for the rich.
20. Humility is an abomination to the proud;and the poor are an abomination to the rich.
21. When the rich stumble they are supported by friends;when the poor trip they are pushed down by friends.