10. There is a gift which is not helpful, and there is a gift, the repayment for which is double.
11. There is a loss for the sake of boasting, and there is one who will lift up his head from lowliness.
12. There is one who buys much for a small price, and who pays it back sevenfold.
13. Anyone wise in words makes himself loved. But the graces of the foolish will be poured away.
14. A gift from the unwise will not benefit you. For his gaze is divided, sevenfold.
15. He will give little, and reproach much. And the opening of his mouth is like a burning flame.
16. There is one who lends today and demands repayment tomorrow. A man such as this is hateful.
17. A foolish man will not have a friend, and there will be no thanks for his good deeds.
18. For those who eat his bread have a false tongue. How often and how many are those who will ridicule him!
19. For what he possesses, he does not distribute with correct understanding. And he acts similarly with what he does not possess.
20. The slip of a false tongue is like someone who falls upon pavement. Such a fall for the wicked will arrive quickly.
21. A disagreeable man is like a pointless fable; it will be continually in the mouth of the undisciplined.
22. A parable from the mouth of a fool will be rejected. For he does not speak it at the proper time.
23. There is one who is prevented from sinning by poverty, and in his rest, he will be vexed.
24. There is one who will lose his own soul because of pretense, and he will lose it by an example of imprudence. For by seeking the approval of another, he will destroy himself.
25. There is one who, for the sake of what other's think, makes a promise to a friend, and so he gains him as an enemy for no reason.
26. A lie is a wicked disgrace to a man, and yet lies will be continually in the mouths of those without discipline.
27. A thief is better than a man who constantly lies. But both of them will inherit perdition.