¹³     If you respect the Eternal, you will grow to despise evil.
    I despise wretched, vile talk
        and ways of pride and arrogance.

⁸ So do not correct a scoffer unless you are ready to be hated,
    but correct the wise and you will be loved.

¹² Hatred fuels dissension,
    but love calms all rebellions.

¹⁸ Lips that lie cover deep-seated hatred,
    and whoever spreads a libelous rumor is acting as a fool.

⁵ The right-living will not tolerate any lie,
    but wrongdoers come to shame and embarrassment.

²⁴ Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children,
    but those who are quick to correct them show true love.

¹⁷ Quick-tempered people make fools of themselves,
    and evil schemers make many enemies.

¹⁷ Better to eat only vegetables served lovingly
    than a fattened ox served hatefully.

²⁴ One who hates may camouflage it beneath pleasant words,
    but deep inside him, treachery still rages;