4. Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
5. A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
6. A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
7. Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
8. The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
9. Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
10. The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
11. The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
12. There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death.
13. Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
14. From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man--from his fruits.
15. The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
16. The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
17. Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.