9. It is better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
10. A sinful person longs to do evil. He doesn't show his neighbor any mercy.
11. When you punish someone who makes fun of others, childish people get wise. If you teach a person who is already wise, he will get even more knowledge.
12. The Blameless One knows where sinners live. And he destroys them.
13. If you refuse to listen to the cries of poor people, you too will cry out and not be answered.
14. A secret gift calms anger down. A hidden favor softens great anger.
15. When you do what is fair, you make godly people glad. But you terrify those who do what is evil.
16. A man who leaves the path of understanding ends up with those who are dead.
17. Anyone who loves pleasure will become poor. Anyone who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18. Those who do what is evil pay the price for setting godly people free. Those who aren't faithful pay the price for honest people.
19. It is better to live in a desert than to live with a nagging, angry wife.
20. The best food and olive oil are stored up in the houses of wise people. But a foolish man eats up everything he has.