16. When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases, but the righteous shall see their fall.
17. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18. Without prophetic vision, the people shall perish, but he that keeps the law is blessed.
19. A slave will not be corrected by words, for though he understands he will not obey.
20. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
21. He that gives freely unto his slave from a child shall have him become his son in the end.
22. The angry man stirs up strife, and the furious man abounds in transgression.
23. A man’s pride shall bring him low, but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.