8. Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9. The generous will themselves be blessed,for they share their food with the poor.
10. Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;quarrels and insults are ended.
11. One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with gracewill have the king for a friend.
12. The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13. The sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion outside!I’ll be killed in the public square!’