²⁴ The hand of the diligent ones will rule,
    but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

¹⁰ A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
¹¹ An evil person will seek only rebellion,
    and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

⁶ Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
    but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?

⁸ A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows all evil with his eyes.

³⁰ The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will^[a] beatings of the innermost part.^[b]

¹¹ He who loves purity of heart
    and hasgracious speech,^[a] his friend is the king.

² The glory of God^[a] conceals things,
    but the glory of kings searches out things.

⁵ Remove the wicked before a king,
    and his throne will be established in righteousness.^[a]

²¹ Showing partiality^[a] is not good,
    and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

¹² A ruler listening to a word of falsehood,
    all his officials are wicked.