6. A scoffer seeks wisdom yet finds none, but knowledge is easy to the discerning.
7. Walk away from a fool— for you will find no knowledge on his lips.
8. The wisdom of the prudent is to consider his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
9. Fools mock guilt of sin, but among the upright is goodwill.
10. The heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
11. The house of the wicked will be demolished, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
13. Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
14. A backsliding heart partakes of its ways, and a good man is rewarded for his.
15. The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.