27. In all your works, be prompt, and then no infirmity will befall you.
28. The lips of many will bless the splendid in bread. For the testimony of his truthfulness is faithful.
29. The city will murmur against the wicked in bread. For the testimony against his wickedness is true.
30. Do not choose to provoke those who love wine. For wine has destroyed many.
31. Fire tests the hardness of iron; similarly, drinking wine to inebriation will rebuke the hearts of the arrogant.
32. Drinking wine in sobriety gives a contented life to men. If you drink it in moderation, you will be sober.
33. What is life to him who is diminished by wine?
34. What can cheat him of his life? Death.
35. From the beginning, wine was created for cheerfulness, but not for inebriation.
36. Wine taken in moderation lifts up the mind and the heart.
37. Sober drinking is healthful to mind and body.