13. If you stop your ears to the cries of the poor,your cries will go unheard, unanswered.
14. A quietly given gift soothes an irritable person;a heartfelt present cools a hot temper.
15. Good people celebrate when justice triumphs,but for the workers of evil it’s a bad day.
16. Whoever wanders off the straight and narrowends up in a congregation of ghosts.
17. You’re addicted to thrills? What an empty life!The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.
18. What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs;the plotter gets it in the end.
19. Better to live in a tent in the wildthan with a cross and petulant spouse.
20. Valuables are safe in a wise person’s home;fools put it all out for yard sales.
21. Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kindfinds life itself—glorious life!
22. One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers—their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
23. Watch your words and hold your tongue;you’ll save yourself a lot of grief.
24. You know their names—Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer—intemperate hotheads, every one.