3. Whosoever loves wisdom causes his father to rejoice, but he that maintains harlots shall lose his inheritance.
4. The king by judgment establishes the land, but he that receives gifts shall overthrow it.
5. The man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
6. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but the righteous shall sing and rejoice.
7. The righteous considers the cause of the poor, but the wicked does not understand wisdom.
8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath.