12. There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death.
13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness and grief.
14. The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights].
15. The simpleton believes every word he hears, but the prudent man looks and considers well where he is going.
16. A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident.
17. He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly, and a man of wicked plots and plans is hated.