12 When good people are promoted, everything is great,but when the bad are in charge, watch out!
13 You can’t whitewash your sins and get by with it;you find mercy by admitting and leaving them.
14 A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life;a hardhearted person lives a hard life.
15 Lions roar and bears charge—and the wicked lord it over the poor.
16 Among leaders who lack insight, abuse abounds,but for one who hates corruption, the future is bright.
17 A murderer haunted by guiltis doomed—there’s no helping him.
18 Walk straight—live well and be saved;a devious life is a doomed life.