¹ Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. ² Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. ³ No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. ⁴ A wife of noble character is her husband`s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. ⁵ The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. ⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them. ⁷ The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm. ⁸ A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.