23. The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips.
24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body.
25. There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.
26. The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.
27. A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28. A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. [Prov. 17:9.]
29. The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
30. He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass.
31. The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). [Prov. 20:29.]
32. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city.
33. The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him].