6 Everyone tries to be friendsof those who can help them.
7 If you are poor,your own relatives reject you,and your friends are worse.When you really need them,they are not there.
8 Do yourself a favourby having good sense—you will be glad you did.
9 Dishonest witnesses and liarswill be destroyed.
10 It isn't right for a foolto live in luxuryor for a slave to rulein place of a king.
11 It's wise to be patientand show what you are likeby forgiving others.
12 An angry king roarslike a lion,but when a king is pleased,it's like dew on the crops.