5. Prayer from the lips of the poor is heard at once,and justice is quickly granted them.
6. Whoever hates correction walks the sinner’s path,but whoever fears the Lord repents in his heart.
7. Glib speakers are widely known,but when they slip the sensible perceive it.
8. Those who build their houses with someone else’s moneyare like those who collect stones for their funeral mounds.
9. A band of criminals is like a bundle of tow;they will end in a flaming fire.
10. The path of sinners is smooth stones,but its end is the pit of Sheol.
11. Those who keep the Law control their thoughts;perfect fear of the Lord is wisdom.
12. One who is not clever can never be taught,but there is a cleverness filled with bitterness.
13. The knowledge of the wise wells up like a flood,and their counsel like a living spring.
14. A fool’s mind is like a broken jar:it cannot hold any knowledge at all.
15. When the intelligent hear a wise saying,they praise it and add to it.The wanton hear it with distasteand cast it behind their back.
16. A fool’s chatter is like a load on a journey,but delight is to be found on the lips of the intelligent.