25. or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26. Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
27. if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
28. Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
29. Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.