⁵ Wise people ·have great power [or are mightier than strong people],
    and those with knowledge ·have [or than those with] great strength.
⁶ So you need ·advice [guidance] when you go to war.
    If you have lots of ·good advice [counselors], you will win.

²⁷ First, ·finish your outside work [execute/establish your affairs in public]
    and prepare your fields.
After that, you can build your house.

⁴ ·Remove [Separate] the ·scum [dross] from the silver,
    so ·the silver can be used by the silversmith [^La vessel will come out for refining].
⁵ ·Remove [Separate] wicked people from the king’s presence;
    then his ·government [^Lthrone] will be ·honest and last a long time [^Lestablished in righteousness].

¹⁵ With patience you can convince a ruler,
and a ·gentle [tender] word ·can get through to the hard-headed [^Lbreaks bone].

⁴ If a king is ·fair [just], he makes his country ·strong [stable],
but if he ·takes gifts dishonestly [heavily taxes/extorts it], he tears his country down [1 Sam. 12:10–18].