8 To acquire wisdom is to love yourself;people who cherish understanding will prosper.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,and a liar will be destroyed.
10 It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxuryor for a slave to rule over princes!
11 Sensible people control their temper;they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father;a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
14 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,but only the lord can give an understanding wife.