⁴Terror and violence will lay waste riches;
thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
⁵The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God,
and his judgment comes speedily.
⁶Whoever hates reproof walks in the steps of the sinner,
but he that fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
⁷He who is mighty in speech is known from afar;
but the sensible man, when he slips, is aware of it.

⁸A man who builds his house with other people's money
is like one who gathers stones for his burial mound.
⁹An assembly of the wicked is like tow gathered together,
and their end is a flame of fire.
¹⁰The way of sinners is smoothly paved with stones,
but at its end is the pit of Hades.

Wisdom & foolishness.  Sir.21.11-28

¹¹Whoever keeps the law controls his thoughts,
and wisdom is the fulfilment of the fear of the Lord.
¹²He who is not clever cannot be taught,
but there is a cleverness which increases bitterness.
¹³The knowledge of a wise man will increase like a flood,
and his counsel like a flowing spring.
¹⁴The mind of a fool is like a broken jar;
it will hold no knowledge.

¹⁵When a man of understanding hears a wise saying,
he will praise it and add to it;
when a reveler hears it, he dislikes it
and casts it behind his back.
¹⁶A fool's narration is like a burden on a journey,
but delight will be found in the speech of the intelligent.
¹⁷The utterance of a sensible man will be sought in the assembly,
and they will ponder his words in their minds.

¹⁸Like a house that has vanished, so is wisdom to a fool;
and the knowledge of the ignorant is unexamined talk.
¹⁹To a senseless man education is fetters on his feet,
and like manacles on his right hand.
²⁰A fool raises his voice when he laughs,
but a clever man smiles quietly.
²¹To a sensible man education is like a golden ornament,
and like a bracelet on the right arm.

²²The foot of a fool rushes into a house,
but a man of experience stands respectfully before it.
²³A boor peers into the house from the door,
but a cultivated man remains outside.
²⁴It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door,
and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
²⁵The lips of strangers will speak of these things,
but the words of the prudent will be weighed in the balance.
²⁶The mind of fools is in their mouth,
but the mouth of wise men is in their mind.
²⁷When an ungodly man curses his adversary,
he curses his own soul.
²⁸A whisperer defiles his own soul
and is hated in his neighbourhood.