13. Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
14. The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.
15. In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
16. Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver.
17. The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way.
18. Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
19. It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
20. The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.
21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things.
22. Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
23. The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.
24. Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25. There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
26. The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.