7. If you are poor,your own relatives reject you,and your friends are worse.When you really need them,they are not there.
8. Do yourself a favourby having good sense—you will be glad you did.
9. Dishonest witnesses and liarswill be destroyed.
10. It isn't right for a foolto live in luxuryor for a slave to rulein place of a king.
11. It's wise to be patientand show what you are likeby forgiving others.
12. An angry king roarslike a lion,but when a king is pleased,it's like dew on the crops.
13. A foolish son brings disgraceto his father.A nagging wife goes on and onlike the drip, drip, dripof the rain.
14. You may inherit all you ownfrom your parents,but a sensible wifeis a gift from the Lord.
15. If you are lazyand sleep your time away,you will starve.