4. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
5. The righteousness of the perfect Makes his way straight, But by his own wrongness the wrong one falls.
6. The righteousness of the straight ones delivers them, But the treacherous are caught by greed.
7. When a wrong man dies, expectancy perishes, And the ambition of the wicked shall be lost.
8. The righteous is delivered from distress, And the wrong one takes his place.
9. The defiled one destroys his neighbour with his mouth, But the righteous is delivered by knowledge.
10. When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.
11. By the blessing of the straight the city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wrong it is overthrown.
12. He who lacks heart despises his neighbour, But a man of understanding keeps silence.
13. A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.
14. Without guidance the people fall, But in a great counsellor there is safety.
15. He who is guarantor for a stranger suffers harm, But one who hates shaking hands in pledge is safe.