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

¹⁶ A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

³ A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

²⁴ It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

²⁴ Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

²⁵ For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

³ It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

²⁹ Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

¹⁴ The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

²⁷ A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

²⁸ A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

¹⁶ The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

³ In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

¹⁰ The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

⁹ If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.