18. Anyone who hides hatred is a liar. Anyone who spreads gossip is a fool.
19. The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet.
20. A good person's words are like pure silver; a wicked person's ideas are worthless.
21. A good person's words will benefit many people, but you can kill yourself with stupidity.
22. It is the Lord's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer. does not add sorrow to your wealth.
23. It is foolish to enjoy doing wrong. Intelligent people take pleasure in wisdom.
24. The righteous get what they want, but the wicked will get what they fear most.
25. Storms come, and the wicked are blown away, but honest people are always safe.
26. Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
27. Obey the Lord, and you will live longer. The wicked die before their time.
28. The hopes of good people lead to joy, but wicked people can look forward to nothing.
29. The Lord protects honest people, but destroys those who do wrong.
30. Righteous people will always have security, but the wicked will not survive in the land.
31. Righteous people speak wisdom, but the tongue that speaks evil will be stopped.