9. He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
10. One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
11. The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
13. Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
14. Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
15. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16. The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
17. He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.