13. Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
14. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
15. A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
16. whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17. Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18. Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20. Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21. The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22. If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
23. Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
24. for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
25. The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
27. and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.