² Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.^(A)

⁹ Do not be quick to anger,
    for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.^(A)

¹⁶ Fools show their anger at once,
    but the prudent ignore an insult.^(A)

⁴ You who tear yourself in your anger—
    shall the earth be forsaken because of you
    or the rock be removed out of its place?^(A)

¹¹ Ephraim has become like a dove,
    silly and without sense;
    they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.^(A)

⁶ The dullard cannot know;
    the stupid cannot understand this:

⁴ I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,”
    and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;^(A)

¹ Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;
    there is no one who does good.^(A)