Proverbs

⁷The 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. ⁸The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. ⁹A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish. ¹⁰It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! ¹¹A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. ¹²A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. ¹³A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.