5. The plans of hard-working people earn a profit,but those who act too quickly become poor.
6. Wealth that comes from telling liesvanishes like a mist and leads to death.
7. The violence of the wicked will destroy them,because they refuse to do what is right.
8. Guilty people live dishonest lives,but honest people do right.
9. It is better to live in a corner on the roofthan inside the house with a quarreling wife.
10. Evil people only want to harm others.Their neighbors get no mercy from them.
11. If you punish those who make fun of wisdom, a foolish person may gain some wisdom.But if you teach the wise, they will get knowledge.
12. God, who is always right, watches the house of the wickedand brings ruin on every evil person.
13. Whoever ignores the poor when they cry for helpwill also cry for help and not be answered.
14. A secret gift will calm an angry person;a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.
15. When justice is done, good people are happy,but evil people are ruined.
16. Whoever does not use good sensewill end up among the dead.