22. Your eye desires elegance and beauty, but verdant fields are above these things.
23. A friend and a companion meet one another in time, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
24. Brothers are a help in time of tribulation, but mercy will liberate, more so than they will.
25. Gold and silver provide a firm position for the feet, but well-spoken counsel is above them both.
26. Ability and strength lift up the heart, but the fear of the Lord is above these things.
27. There is no loss in the fear of the Lord, and it has no need to ask for assistance.
28. The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessings, and they have covered it above all glory.
29. Son, in your lifetime you should not be indigent, for it is better to die than to be destitute.