10. Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,and quarreling and abuse will cease.
11. He who loves purity of heart,and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
12. The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
13. The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!I shall be killed in the streets!”
14. The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16. Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
17. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
18. for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,if all of them are ready on your lips.
19. That your trust may be in the Lord,I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20. Have I not written for you thirty sayingsof counsel and knowledge,
21. to make you know what is right and true,that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22. Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,or crush the afflicted at the gate,
23. for the Lord will plead their causeand rob of life those who rob them.
24. Make no friendship with a man given to anger,nor go with a wrathful man,
25. lest you learn his waysand entangle yourself in a snare.
26. Be not one of those who give pledges,who put up security for debts.
27. If you have nothing with which to pay,why should your bed be taken from under you?
28. Do not move the ancient landmarkthat your fathers have set.