14. If you wake your friend in the early morningby shouting “Rise and shine!”It will sound to himmore like a curse than a blessing.
15-16. A nagging spouse is likethe drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;You can’t turn it off,and you can’t get away from it.
17. You use steel to sharpen steel,and one friend sharpens another.
18. If you care for your orchard, you’ll enjoy its fruit;if you honor your boss, you’ll be honored.
19. Just as water mirrors your face,so your face mirrors your heart.
20. Hell has a voracious appetite,and lust just never quits.
21. The purity of silver and gold is testedby putting them in the fire;The purity of human hearts is testedby giving them a little fame.