9. Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
10. Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
11. An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
12. The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And--not a fool in his folly.
13. Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
14. The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
15. Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these [are] an abomination to Jehovah.
16. Why [is] this--a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
17. At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.