1. Do not envy men of evil, and do not desire to be with them.
2. For their minds will devise violence, and their lips will speak mischief.
3. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.
4. And by knowledge, rooms are filled with all riches, precious and pleasant.
5. The warrior of wisdom is in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong in power.
6. For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory is in an abundance of counsel.
7. Wisdom is too high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
8. He who plans to do evil for himself, they will call him “master of mischief.”