9. People might hear you or observe you,and in time they will hate you.
10. Have you heard some word?Let it perish along with you.Have courage!It won’t make you burst.
11. Because of something spoken,a fool will suffer labor painslike those caused by a babyabout to be delivered.
12. Like an arrow stuck in a thigh,so is a word in the belly of a fool.
13. Question a friend;perhaps he didn’t do it.And if he did, question himso he doesn’t do it again.
14. Question a neighbor;perhaps she didn’t say it.And if she did say it,question her so that she doesn’t repeat it.
15. Question a friend, because it oftenturns out to be a false accusation.Don’t trust everything that is said.
16. There are those who slip,and it wasn’t intentional.Who hasn’t sinned with the tongue?