⁸ The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

²⁴ Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

²⁵ And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

¹ A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

¹³ Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

⁶ A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

⁷ The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

²³ In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

⁸ The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

³ He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

¹³ In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

¹⁰ He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

⁹ Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

⁵ (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

³⁴ Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.