23. In all hard work there is profit, but idle chatter of the sfatayim (lips) tendeth only to makhsor (poverty, want).
24. The ateret chachamim is their riches, but the foolishness of kesilim is folly.
25. An ed emes (true witness) saveth nefashot (souls, lives), but a lying witness is a betrayer.
26. In the Yirat Hashem is strong confidence, and his banim shall have a place of refuge.
27. The Yirat Hashem is a makor chayyim (fountain of life) to turn one away from the snares of mavet.
28. In the multitude of people is the glory of a melech, but in the lack of subjects is the ruin of the prince.
29. He that is slow to wrath is of rav tevunah (great understanding), but he that is angrily impulsive exalteth folly.