⁷ ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD and depart from evil.

⁸ It shall be medicine to thy navel and marrow to thy bones.

²⁹ ¶ The way of the LORD is strength to the perfect, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity.

⁷ ¶ When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of unjust men shall perish.

²² ¶ A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

¹⁰ ¶ The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous shall run into it, and be raised up.

¹¹ ¶ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.

²⁹ ¶ The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

²² ¶ The wise man took the city of the mighty and cast down its strength in which it trusted.

³ ¶ Through wisdom the house shall be built, and with intelligence it shall be established:

⁵ The wise man is strong; and the man of understanding is a mighty man of valour.

¹⁰ ¶ If thou art slack in the day of tribulation, thy strength shall be reduced.