7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives –how much more do their friends avoid them!Though the poor pursue them with pleading,they are nowhere to be found.
8 The one who gets wisdom loves life;the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,and whoever pours out lies will perish.
10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury –how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;it is to one’s glory to overlook an offence.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,but his favour is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,and a quarrelsome wife is likethe constant dripping of a leaky roof.