19. If you are lazy, you will meet difficulty everywhere, but if you are honest, you will have no trouble.
20. Wise children make their fathers happy. Only fools despise their mothers.
21. Stupid people are happy with their foolishness, but the wise will do what is right.
22. Get all the advice you can, and you will succeed; without it you will fail.
23. What a joy it is to find just the right word for the right occasion!
24. Wise people walk the road that leads upwards to life, not the road that leads downwards to death.
25. The Lord will destroy the homes of arrogant men, but he will protect a widow's property.
26. The Lord hates evil thoughts, but he is pleased with friendly words.