8. Mockers can get a whole town agitated,but the wise will calm anger.
9. If a wise person takes a fool to court,there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.
10. The bloodthirsty hate blameless people,but the upright seek to help them.
11. Fools vent their anger,but the wise quietly hold it back.
12. If a ruler pays attention to liars,all his advisers will be wicked.
13. The poor and the oppressor have this in common—the lord gives sight to the eyes of both.
14. If a king judges the poor fairly,his throne will last forever.
15. To discipline a child produces wisdom,but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.