4. No cattle, no crops;a good harvest requires a strong ox for the plow.
5. A true witness never lies;a false witness makes a business of it.
6. Cynics look high and low for wisdom—and never find it;the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!
7. Escape quickly from the company of fools;they’re a waste of your time, a waste of your words.
8. The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.
9. The stupid ridicule right and wrong,but a moral life is a favored life.
10. The person who shuns the bitter moments of friendswill be an outsider at their celebrations.
11. Lives of careless wrongdoing are tumbledown shacks;holy living builds soaring cathedrals.
12-13. There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough;look again—it leads straight to hell.Sure, those people appear to be having a good time,but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.