8. The guilty walk a crooked path;the innocent travel a straight road.
9. It’s better to live alone in the corner of an atticthan with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
10. Evil people desire evil;their neighbors get no mercy from them.
11. If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
12. The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;he will bring disaster on them.
13. Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poorwill be ignored in their own time of need.
14. A secret gift calms anger;a bribe under the table pacifies fury.
15. Justice is a joy to the godly,but it terrifies evildoers.
16. The person who strays from common sensewill end up in the company of the dead.
17. Those who love pleasure become poor;those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.
18. The wicked are punished in place of the godly,and traitors in place of the honest.