8 The way of a guilty person is crooked,but the behavior of those who are pure is moral.
9 Better to live on a corner of a roofthan to share a home with a quarreling woman.
10 The mind of a wicked person desires eviland has no consideration for his neighbor.
11 When a mocker is punished, a gullible person becomes wise,and when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.
12 A righteous person wisely considers the house of a wicked person.He throws wicked people into disasters.
13 Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.
14 A gift ⌊given⌋ in secret calms anger,and a secret bribe calms great fury.