7 The violence of the wicked sweeps them away,because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The guilty walk a crooked path;the innocent travel a straight road.
9 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an atticthan with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
10 Evil people desire evil;their neighbors get no mercy from them.
11 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
12 The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;he will bring disaster on them.
13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poorwill be ignored in their own time of need.