19. He that goeth about as a rakhil (gossip, slanderer, talebearer) revealeth secrets; therefore associate not with the babbler.
20. He who curseth aviv or immo, his ner (lamp) shall be put out in deep choshech.
21. A nachalah (inheritance) may be gotten hastily at the rishonah (beginning); but the acharit (latter end) thereof shall not have a bracha.
22. Say not thou, I will pay back rah; but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee.
23. Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov.
24. The steps of a gever are from Hashem; how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, life's course)?
25. It is a mokesh adam to devote rashly as kodesh, and after nedarim (vows) to reconsider his consecration.