8 The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.
9 The stupid ridicule right and wrong,but a moral life is a favored life.
10 The person who shuns the bitter moments of friendswill be an outsider at their celebrations.
11 Lives of careless wrongdoing are tumbledown shacks;holy living builds soaring cathedrals.
12-13 There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough;look again—it leads straight to hell.Sure, those people appear to be having a good time,but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.
14 A mean person gets paid back in meanness,a gracious person in grace.
15 The gullible believe anything they’re told;the prudent sift and weigh every word.