18. Casting the lot ends quarrelsand separates powerful opponents.
19. An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city,and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.
20. From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is satisfied;he is filled with the product of his lips.
21. Life and death are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.
22. A man who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.