4. A healing tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it crushes the spirit.
5. A fool despises his father’s discipline, But he who heeds reproof is clever.
6. The household of the righteous is a great treasure, But in the income of the wrong is trouble.
7. The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.
8. The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.
9. The way of the wrong one Is an abomination to יהוה, But He loves him who pursues righteousness.