22. Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
23. The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
26. The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
27. A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28. A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29. A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.