18. Pride comes before disaster,and arrogance before a fall.
19. Better to be humble with the needythan to divide plunder with the proud.
20. Those with insight find prosperity;those who trust the Lord are blessed.
21. The skilled mind is called discerning,and pleasant speech enhances teaching.
22. One who has insight is a fountain of life,but the instruction of the foolish is folly.
23. The mind of the wise makes their speech insightfuland enhances the teaching of their lips.
24. Pleasant words are flowing honey,sweet to the taste and healing to the bones.
25. There is a path that may seem straight to someone,but in the end it is the path of death.
26. The appetite of workers labors for them,for their hunger presses them on.