15. It is joy to a righteous man to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
16. The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
17. He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18. The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous man in the stead of the upright.
19. It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
20. There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.