8. Happy is he that dwells with a wife of understanding; And he that has not slipped with his tongue; And he that has not served a man that is unworthy of him:
9. Happy is he that has found prudence; And he that discourseth in the ears of them that listen.
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.