16. Faithful friends are life-saving medicine;those who fear God will find them.
17. Those who fear the Lord enjoy stable friendship,for as they are, so will their neighbors be.
18. My child, from your youth choose discipline;and when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.
19. As though plowing and sowing, draw close to her;then wait for her bountiful crops.For in cultivating her you will work but little,and soon you will eat her fruit.
20. She is rough ground to the fool!The stupid cannot abide her.