Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee.

For great wrath bringeth harm; therefore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurture.

Wounds drive away evil; and so do stripes the inward parts of the body.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, lest he be weary of thee, and so abhor thee.

Where ungodliness is, there is also disdain; and so there followeth shame and dishonour.

Cast out the scornful man, and so shall strife go out with him; yea, variance and slander shall cease.

Silver is tried in the mould, and gold in the furnace, and so is a man, when he is openly praised to his face.