13. The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”
14. The mouth of a seducing woman is a deep pit—into it will fall one with whom Adonai is angry.
15. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but a rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16. The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.
17. Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
18. For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready on your lips.
19. So that your trust may be in Adonai, I made them known to you this day, even you.
20. Have I not written to you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
21. to show you true and reliable words, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22. Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
23. for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from those who plunder them.
24. Do not be friends with one given to anger or associate with a hot-tempered person,
25. lest you learn his ways, and entangle your soul in a snare.