¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

⁹ An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

¹⁰ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

²⁷ He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

⁶ The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

¹² The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

¹⁸ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.