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.
26. A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.
27. The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.
28. Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
29. The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs.
30. The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.