2. It is good to learn what pleases the Lord, because he condemns those who plan to do wrong.
3. Evil people are never safe, but good people remain safe and secure.
4. A good wife is like a crown to her husband, but a shameful wife is like a cancer.
5. Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.
6. Evil people use their words to hurt others, but the words from good people can save others from danger.
7. When evil people are destroyed, they are gone and forgotten, but good people are remembered long after they are gone.
8. You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.
9. It is better to appear unimportant and have a servant than to pretend to be important and have no food.
10. Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.
11. Farmers who work their land have plenty of food, but those who waste their time on worthless projects are foolish.
12. The wicked want a share of what an evil man might catch. But like a plant with deep roots, a good man is the one who produces the most.
13. The wicked are trapped by their foolish words, but good people escape from such trouble.
14. People get good things for the words they say, and they are rewarded for the work they do.