7. All the brothers of a poor man detest him–how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
8. He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.
9. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
10. Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool–much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11. Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
12. The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass. [Hos. 14:5.]
13. A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].
14. House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord. [Prov. 18:22.]
15. Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.
16. He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die. [Luke 10:28; 11:28.]
17. He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. [Prov. 28:27; Eccl. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; 25:40; II Cor. 9:6-8; Heb. 6:10.]
18. Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.