8. The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9. He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
10. He that winks with the eye causes trouble: but a prating fool shall fall.
11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12. Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.
13. In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16. The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.