20. Wise children make their parents happy. Foolish children bring them shame.
21. Doing foolish things makes a fool happy, but a wise person is careful to do what is right.
22. If you don’t ask for advice, your plans will fail. With many advisors, they will succeed.
23. People are happy when they give a good answer. And there is nothing better than the right word at the right time.
24. What wise people do leads to life here on earth and stops them from going down to the place of death.
25. The Lord destroys a proud man’s house but protects a widow’s property.
26. The Lord hates evil thoughts, but he is pleased with kind words.
27. Whoever takes money to do wrong invites disaster. Refuse such gifts, and you will live.
28. Good people think before they answer, but the wicked do not, and what they say causes trouble.