14. The buyer says, “This is bad. It’s no good.”Then he goes away and brags about what he bought.
15. There is plenty of gold, and there are many rubies.But there are only a few people who speak with knowledge.
16. Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
17. When a person gets food dishonestly, it may taste sweet at first.But later he will feel as if he has a mouth full of gravel.
18. Get advice if you want your plans to work.If you go to war, get the advice of others.
19. Gossips can’t keep secrets.So avoid people who talk too much.
20. Whoever curses his father or motherwill die like a light going out in darkness.
21. Wealth that is gotten quickly in the beginningwill do you no good in the end.
22. Don’t say, “I’ll pay you back for the evil you did.”Wait for the Lord. He will make things right.
23. The Lord hates dishonest weights.And dishonest scales do not please him.
24. The Lord decides what a person does.So no one can understand what his life is all about.
25. It’s dangerous to promise something to God too quickly.After you’ve thought about it, it may be too late.
26. A wise king finds out who the evil people are.Then he punishes them.
27. The Lord looks into a person’s feelings.He searches through a person’s thoughts.
28. Loyalty and truth keep a king in power.He continues to rule if he is loyal.
29. Young men are admired for their strength.Old men are honored for their experience.
30. Hard punishment will get rid of evil.Whippings can change the evil person’s heart.