4. A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
5. The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamitywill not go unpunished.
6. Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,and the pride of sons is their fathers.
7. Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;how much worse are lies for a ruler.
8. A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.
9. Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
10. A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.
13. If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.
14. To start a conflict is to release a flood;stop the dispute before it breaks out.
15. Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just —both are detestable to the Lord.