10. Cast out the scoffer and strife goes out, And contention and shame cease.
11. He who loves cleanness of heart, Whose speech is pleasant, A sovereign is his friend.
12. The eyes of יהוה shall watch over knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13. The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside! I am going to be killed in the streets!”
14. The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה falls in there.
15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16. One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.