6. Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7. All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him! he pursueth them with words, but they are gone.
8. He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
9. A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
10. Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11. The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.