16. Of what good is the price to buy wisdom in the hand of the fool, seeing he has no heart to understand?
17. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18. A man void of understanding strikes hands and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
19. Transgression loves him that loves strife, and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
20. He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.
21. He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of a fool shall have no joy.
22. A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
23. A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.
24. Wisdom appears upon the countenance of him that has understanding, but the eyes of a fool manifest his folly unto the ends of the earth.