11. Be wise, my son, make my heart glad, so I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12. The prudent see danger and hide, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
13. Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
14. If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15. Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
16. hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.
17. As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18. Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19. As water reflects the face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
21. A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22. Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
23. Know well the condition of your flocks, pay attention to your herds,
24. for riches are not forever, nor a crown from generation to generation.