7. Those who are powerful in speechare widely known,but those who are thoughtfulknow when they slip.
8. Those who build their houseswith another person’s moneyare like those who gather stonesfor their own burial mound.
9. A gathering of lawless peopleis the same as bundled flax;their end is a flaming fire.
10. The path of sinnersis made level with stones,but its end is the pit of hell.
11. Those who keep the Lawbecome masters of their thoughts;fearing the Lordleads ultimately to wisdom.
12. Those who aren’t cleverwon’t receive instruction,but there is a kind of clevernessthat makes troubles multiply.