23. A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
24. Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25. A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
26. To punish a righteous man is not good, nor to strike nobles because of their uprightness.
27. He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.
28. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.