4. If you have a bad soul, it will destroy you;it will make you a joke to your enemies.
5. Pleasant speech gains more friends for itself,and a sweet-speaking tonguewill multiply pleasant exchanges.Let those who are at peace with yoube many,but let only one in a thousandbe your advisor.
7. If you make friends, test them thoroughlyand don’t trust them quickly.
8. Some are friends when it is convenient,but they won’t stay aroundduring hard times.
9. There are friends who turn into enemies,and they will revealyour disgraceful arguments.
10. There are friends who are companionsat your table,but they won’t stay during hard times.
11. They will act as if your belongingsare theirs,and they will be boldtoward your household slaves.
12. If you are brought low,they will be against you,and they will abandon you.
13. Stay away from your enemies,and be careful with your friends.
14. Trustworthy friends are a strong shelter;whoever finds onehas found a treasure.
15. Trustworthy friends have no price,and no one can estimate their worth.
16. Trustworthy friends are life’s medicine,and those who fear the Lordwill find them.
17. Those who fear the Lordwill direct their friendships well,because they will associate with peopleof like mind.
18. My child, from your youthwelcome education, and you will continue to discover Wisdomuntil you are gray-haired.
19. Approach her like one who plowsand one who sows,and wait for her good fruits.When cultivating her,you will labor a little,but you will eat her produce soon.
20. Wisdom is rugged terrainto the uneducated,and the faintheartedwon’t persevere with her.
21. She will be like a heavy stonethat tests them,and they won’t hesitateto throw her aside.
22. Wisdom is like her name,and she won’t be visible to many.
23. Listen, my child,and welcome my opinion.Don’t reject my advice.