18. Walk straight—live well and be saved;a devious life is a doomed life.
19. Work your garden—you’ll end up with plenty of food;play and party—you’ll end up with an empty plate.
20. Committed and persistent work pays off;get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs.
21. Playing favorites is always a bad thing;you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.
22. A miser in a hurry to get richdoesn’t know that he’ll end up broke.
23. In the end, serious reprimand is appreciatedfar more than bootlicking flattery.
24. Anyone who robs father and motherand says, “So, what’s wrong with that?”is worse than a pirate.
25. A grasping person stirs up trouble,but trust in God brings a sense of well-being.