Proverbs

⁹He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who takes a crooked way shall be found out and punished. ¹⁰He who winks with the eye [craftily and with malice] causes sorrow; the foolish of lips will fall headlong but he who boldly reproves makes peace. ¹¹The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. ¹²Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions. ¹³On the lips of him who has discernment skillful and godly Wisdom is found, but discipline and the rod are for the back of him who is without sense and understanding. ¹⁴Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. ¹⁵The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.]