7. The memory of righteousness is like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
8. A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
9. Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.
10. The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.
11. A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.
12. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers over all offenses.
13. On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.
14. Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but to the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.
15. The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16. The wage of the righteous leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.
17. On the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.