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)