2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4 Without oxen, the storehouse is clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.
6 The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.
7 Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
10 The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
13 Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
19 Those who are evil shall bow before those who are good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
22 Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.
28 In the multitude of the people is the king's glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.
31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.
33 Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools.