3. Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the Lord.
4. Evil people listen to evil ideas, and liars listen to lies.
5. If you laugh at poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.
6. Grandparents are proud of their grandchildren, just as children are proud of their parents.
7. Respected people do not tell lies, and fools have nothing worthwhile to say.
8. Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.
9. If you want people to like you, forgive them when they wrong you. Remembering wrongs can break up a friendship.
10. An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
11. Death will come like a cruel messenger to wicked people who are always stirring up trouble.
12. It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.
13. If you repay good with evil, you will never get evil out of your house.
14. The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.