³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:
    but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴ Where no oxen are, the crib is clean:
    but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie:
    but a false witness will utter lies.

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:
    but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man,
    when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way:
    but the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹ Fools make a mock at sin:
    but among the righteous there is favour.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth his own bitterness;
    and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:
    but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

¹² There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,
    but the end thereof are the ways of death.