8. A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.
9. He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.
10. A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12. Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
13. Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14. The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.
15. He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16. Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?