11. A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright.
12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.
13. Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
14. "It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.
15. There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
16. Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.
17. The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
18. Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.
19. Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.
20. Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
21. When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.