8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it;wherever he turns, it prospers.
9. He who covers a transgression seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
10. A reproof enters deeper into a wise manthan a hundred stripes into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubsrather than a fool in his folly.
13. Whoever rewards evil for good,evil will not depart from his house.
14. The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water;therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts.
15. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,both of them are abomination to the Lord.
16. Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he has no heart for it?
17. A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.
18. A man void of understanding shakes hands,and becomes a pledge in the presence of his friend.
19. He loves transgression who loves strife,and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20. He who has a deceitful heart finds no good,and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
21. He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow,and the father of a fool has no joy.
22. A merry heart does good like a medicine,but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23. A wicked man takes a bribe out of a hidden placeto pervert the ways of judgment.
24. Wisdom is before him who has understanding,but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25. A foolish son is a grief to his father,and bitterness to her who bore him.