7. A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.
8. Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.
9. Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10. Do not dismiss your friend or your father's friend. And do not enter your brother's house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
11. My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
12. The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
13. Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.
14. Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.
15. A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.
16. He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.
17. Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18. Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever is the keeper of his master shall be glorified.
19. In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.
20. Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.
21. In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.