5:10 Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.
5:11 Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer.
5:12 If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
5:13 Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
5:14 Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
5:15 Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
6:1 Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for [thereby] thou shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue.
6:2 Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart; that thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull [straying alone.]
6:3 Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself as a dry tree.
6:4 A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.