5. The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest.
6. The words of the impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.
7. Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm.
8. A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.
9. Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread.
10. The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
11. Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds.
12. The desire of the impious is the fortification of what is most wicked. But the root of the just shall prosper.
13. For the sins of the lips draw ruin to the evil. But the just shall escape from distress.