10. How great is he that has found wisdom! Yet is there none above him that fears the Lord.
11. The fear of the Lord passes all things: He that holds it, to whom shall he be likened?
13. Give me any plague but the plague of the heart; And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman;
14. Any calamity, but a calamity from them that hate me; And any vengeance, but the vengeance of enemies.
15. There is no head above the head of a serpent; And there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.
16. I will rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, Than keep house with a wicked woman.
17. The wickedness of a woman changes her look, And darkens her countenance as a bear does.