✧1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. Copy✧2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Copy✧3When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. Copy✧4The words of a man’s mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook. Copy✧5[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. Copy✧6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. Copy✧7A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul. Copy✧8The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Copy