4. He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5. He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
6. Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
7. The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8. The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
9. He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
10. He that winks with the eye causes trouble: but a prating fool shall fall.
11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12. Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.
13. In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16. The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17. He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray.
18. He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
19. In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
20. The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.