2. The good man shall attain the favour of the Lord, but the man of wicked thoughts he will condemn.
3. Man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4. The virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5. The thoughts of the righteous are upright, but the astuteness of the wicked is deceit.
6. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7. God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.
8. A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9. He that despises himself and becomes a slave is better than he that honours himself and lacks bread.