Proverbs

¹¹When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. ¹²The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked; how the wicked are overthrown to their ruin. ¹³Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard. ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath. ¹⁵It is joy to the righteous to do judgment; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. ¹⁶The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the dead. ¹⁷He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.