⁸ A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.^(A)

⁹ The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.^(B)

¹⁰ Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.^(C)

¹¹ Dishonest money dwindles away,^(D)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.^(E)