8-9. The person who’s always cooking up some evilsoon gets a reputation as prince of rogues.Fools incubate sin;cynics desecrate beauty.
10. If you fall to pieces in a crisis,there wasn’t much to you in the first place.
11-12. Rescue the perishing;don’t hesitate to step in and help.If you say, “Hey, that’s none of my business,”will that get you off the hook?Someone is watching you closely, you know—Someone not impressed with weak excuses.
13-14. Eat honey, dear child—it’s good for you—and delicacies that melt in your mouth.Likewise knowledge,and wisdom for your soul—Get that and your future’s secured,your hope is on solid rock.
15-16. Don’t interfere with good people’s lives;don’t try to get the best of them.No matter how many times you trip them up,God-loyal people don’t stay down long;Soon they’re up on their feet,while the wicked end up flat on their faces.
17-18. Don’t laugh when your enemy falls;don’t crow over his collapse.God might see, and become very provoked,and then take pity on his plight.