Proverbs

⁷If you are poor, your family will turn against you, and your friends will avoid you even more. You might beg them for help, but no one will come to help you. ⁸Be a friend to yourself; do all you can to be wise. Try hard to understand, and you will be rewarded. ⁹A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed. ¹⁰A fool should not be rich, and a slave should not rule over princes. ¹¹Experience makes you more patient, and you are most patient when you ignore insults. ¹²The shouts of an angry king are like a roaring lion, but his kind words are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass. ¹³A foolish son brings a flood of troubles to his father, and a complaining wife is like the constant dripping of water.