27. A loudmouthed and talkative wifeis like a battle trumpetsounding an attack.The spirit of the manwho lives under such conditionslives perpetually in the chaosof the battlefield.
28. My heart has been saddenedby two things,and I was made angry because of a third:a warrior who is needyand impoverished,intelligent people who are treatedwith contempt,and people who are turnedfrom righteousness to sin—the Lord will prepare themfor the sword.
29. A merchant will scarcely be keptfrom wrongdoing,and a retailer won’t be innocent of sin.