5. The plans of the diligent lead to profitas surely as haste leads to poverty.
6. A fortune made by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapour and a deadly snare.
7. The violence of the wicked will drag them away,for they refuse to do what is right.
8. The way of the guilty is devious,but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9. Better to live on a corner of the roofthan share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10. The wicked crave evil;their neighbours get no mercy from them.
11. When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.
12. The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wickedand brings the wicked to ruin.
13. Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poorwill also cry out and not be answered.