7 Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them;the homes of good people hold together.
8 A person who talks sense is honored;airheads are held in contempt.
9 Better to be ordinary and work for a livingthan act important and starve in the process.
10 Good people are good to their animals;the “good-hearted” bad people kick and abuse them.
11 The one who stays on the job has food on the table;the witless chase whims and fancies.
12 What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin,while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.
13 The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble;the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.