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.
18. The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
19. The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20. Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
21. Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
22. Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,