9 A generous person will be blessed,for he gives some of his food to the poor.
10 Drive out the scorner and contention will leave;strife and insults will cease.
11 The one who loves a pure heartand whose speech is gracious – the king will be his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge,but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit;the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.