13. People who tell secrets about others cannot be trusted. Those who can be trusted keep quiet.
14. A nation without wise leaders will fall. Many good advisors make a nation safe.
15. You will be sorry if you promise to pay a stranger’s debt. Refuse to make such promises and you will be safe.
16. A kind and gentle woman gains respect, but violent men gain only wealth.
17. People who are kind will be rewarded for their kindness, but cruel people will be rewarded with trouble.
18. The work of evil people is all lies, but those who do right will receive a good reward.
19. People who do what is right are on their way to life, but those who always want to do wrong are on their way to death.
20. The Lord hates those who love to do evil, but he is pleased with those who try to do right.
21. The truth is, evil people will be punished, and good people will be set free.
22. A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig’s nose.
23. What good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
24. Some people give freely and gain more; others refuse to give and end up with less.
25. Give freely, and you will profit. Help others, and you will gain more for yourself.
26. People curse a greedy man who refuses to sell his grain, but they bless a man who sells his grain to feed others.
27. People are pleased with those who try to do good. Those who look for trouble will find it.
28. Those who trust in their riches will fall like dead leaves, but good people will blossom.