5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
11
He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
12
The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.