8. He that plotteth to do evil shall be called a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes).
9. The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man).
10. If thou faint in the yom tzarah, thy strength is small.
11. Save those who are drawn away toward mavet, and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter.
12. If thou sayest, See, we knew it not, doth not He that weigheth the levavot consider it? And He that is guard over thy nefesh, doth not He know it? And shall not He render to every adam according to his works?
13. Beni (my son), eat thou devash, because it is tov; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;
14. So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh; when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future), and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off.
15. Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; assault not his resting place;
16. For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again, but the resha'im are overthrown in ra'ah.
17. Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth,
18. Lest Hashem see it, and it is rah in His eyes, and He turn away His wrath from him.
19. Fret not thyself because of ra'im, neither be thou envious of the resha'im,
20. For there shall be no acharit (latter end, future) to the rah; the ner (light) of the resha'im shall be put out.
21. Beni (my son), fear thou Hashem and the Melech, and do not associate with them that are otherwise disposed.
22. For their calamity shall arise suddenly; and who hath da'as of ruin those two [i.e., Hashem and the Melech] can bring?
23. These things also belong to chachamim: it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat.
24. He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik, him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him;
25. But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well, and birkat tov shall come upon them.