3. An uninstructed king will destroy his people; And a city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
4. In the hand of the Lord is the authority of the earth; And in due time he will raise up over it one that is profitable.
5. In the hand of the Lord is the prosperity of a man; And upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honor.
6. Be not angry with your neighbor for every wrong; And do nothing by works of violence.
7. Pride is hateful before the Lord and before men; And in the judgement of both will unrighteousness err.
8. Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation, Because of iniquities, and deeds of violence, and greed of money.
9. Why is earth and ashes proud? Because in his life he has cast away his bowels.
10. It is a long disease; the physician mocketh: And he is a king today, and tomorrow he shall die.
11. For when a man is dead, He shall inherit creeping things, and beasts, and worms.
12. It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord; And his heart is departed from him that made him.
13. For the beginning of pride is sin; And he that keeps it will pour forth abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, And overthrew them utterly.
14. The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers, And set the meek in their stead.
15. The Lord plucked up the roots of nations, And planted the lowly in their stead.
16. The Lord overthrew the lands of nations, And destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
17. He took some of them away, and destroyed them, And made their memorial to cease from the earth.
18. Pride has not been created for men, Nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.
19. What manner of seed has honor? the seed of man. What manner of seed has honor? they that fear the Lord. What manner of seed has no honor? the seed of man. What manner of seed has no honor? they that transgress the commandments.
20. In the midst of brethren he that rules them has honor; And in the eyes of the Lord they that fear him.