12. Face a bear robbed of her cubs,but never fools in their folly!
13. If you return evil for good,evil will not depart from your house.
14. The start of strife is like the opening of a dam;check a quarrel before it bursts forth!
15. Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just—both are an abomination to the Lord.
16. Of what use is money in the hands of foolswhen they have no heart to acquire wisdom?
17. A friend is a friend at all times,and a brother is born for the time of adversity.
18. Those without sense give their hands in pledge,becoming surety for their neighbors.
19. Those who love an offense love a fight;those who build their gate high court disaster.
20. The perverse in heart come to no good,and the double-tongued fall into trouble.
21. Whoever conceives a fool has grief;the father of a numskull has no joy.
22. A joyful heart is the health of the body,but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.
23. A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket,thus perverting the course of justice.
24. On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom,but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.