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.
19. A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again.
20. Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come.
21. Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. [Job 23:13; Ps. 33:10, 11; Isa. 14:26, 27; 46:10; Acts 5:39; Heb. 6:17.]
22. That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar.
23. The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. [Job 5:19; Ps. 91:3; Prov. 12:13; Isa. 46:4; Jer. 1:8; Dan. 6:27; II Tim. 4:8.]
24. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25. Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge.