10. Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
11. Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
14. He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
15. Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
16. He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
17. Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18. He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.
19. As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
20. Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
21. As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
22. Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.