12. Scoffers do not love reproof;to the wise they will not go.
13. A glad heart lights up the face,but an anguished heart breaks the spirit.
14. The discerning heart seeks knowledge,but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
15. All the days of the poor are evil,but a good heart is a continual feast.
16. Better a little with fear of the Lordthan a great fortune with anxiety.
17. Better a dish of herbs where love isthan a fatted ox and hatred with it.
18. The ill-tempered stir up strife,but the patient settle disputes.
19. The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge,but the path of the diligent is a highway.
20. A wise son gives his father joy,but a fool despises his mother.
21. Folly is joy to the senseless,but the person of understanding goes the straight way.