¹³ To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.^(A)

² Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!^(A)

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

⁷ it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”^(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
⁸     do not bring^[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?^(B)

²⁰ A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(A)