13. Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
14. "It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.
15. There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
16. Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.
17. The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles.
18. Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.
19. Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.
20. Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
21. When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.
22. Do not say, "I will repay evil." Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.
23. Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.
24. The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?
25. It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.