5 ^aThe plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty. ‡

6 ^aGetting treasures by a lying tongue
¹Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. ‡

8 The way of¹ a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right. ‡

9 Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with ^aa contentious woman. ‡