14. Like the release of water is the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.
15. He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them are both abominations of Yahweh.
16. Why is this? A price in the hand of a fool, in order to buy wisdom where there is no sense.
17. The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
18. A person who lacks sense pledges; he becomes security before his neighbor.
19. He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
20. He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
21. He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
22. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
23. The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, in order to pervert the ways of justice.
24. He who understands sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.