17. Give testimony to those who have been your creations from the beginning, and lift up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in your name.
18. Give a reward to those who endure for you, so that your prophets may be found to be faithful. And heed the prayers of your servants,
19. in accord with the blessing of Aaron over your people. And direct us in the way of justice, and let all who inhabit the earth know that you are God, the Beholder of all ages.
20. The belly can devour any food, yet one meal is better than another.
21. The palate tests the meat of wild animals, and the understanding heart tests false words.
22. A corrupt heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
23. A woman can receive any male, yet one daughter is better than another.
24. The beauty of a wife cheers the face of her husband, and rises above his desire, above all the desires of man.
25. If she offers healing words, then she both comforts and shows mercy; and so her husband is not like other men.
26. He who holds to a good wife establishes a possession. She is a helper in agreement with him, and she is a pillar of rest.