15
There is gold and a multitude of precious stones, but the lips of wisdom are a precious vessel.
16
Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger, and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
17
Bread of deceit
is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18
Every thought must be ordered by counsel, and with intelligence war is made.
19
He that goes about
as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
20
Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his fire shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21
An inheritance
may be gotten hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22
Say not thou, I will take vengeance,
but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23
Double weights
are an abomination unto the LORD, and a false balance
is not good.
24
Man’s steps
are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25
It is a snare unto man
to devour
that which is holy and afterward to reconsider his vows.