1. Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.
2. The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
3. A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
4. A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
5. The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.
6. The words of the wicked [are]: `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.