14. Their oath-filled talk makes the hair stand on end,and their brawls make one stop the ears.
15. The wrangling of the proud ends in bloodshed,and their cursing is painful to hear.
16. Whoever betrays a secret destroys confidence,and will never find a congenial friend.
17. Cherish your friend, keep faith with him;but if you betray his secrets, do not go after him;
18. For as one might kill another,you have killed your neighbor’s friendship.
19. Like a bird released from your hand,you have let your friend go and cannot recapture him.
20. Do not go after him, for he is far away,and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.
21. For a wound can be bandaged, and an insult forgiven,but whoever betrays secrets does hopeless damage.
22. Whoever has shifty eyes plots mischiefand those who know him will keep their distance;
23. In your presence he uses honeyed talk,and admires your words,But later he changes his toneand twists the words to your ruin.
24. I have hated many things but not as much as him,and the Lord hates him as well.
25. A stone falls back on the head of the one who throws it high,and a treacherous blow causes many wounds.
26. Whoever digs a pit falls into it,and whoever lays a snare is caught in it.