10. Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11. The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12. The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13. A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14. House and riches are an inheritance from fathers: but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
16. He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: but he that is careless of his ways shall die.