21. The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
22. Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23. The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25. There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26. He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
27. An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28. A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.
29. A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good.
30. He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
31. White hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
32. He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
33. The lot is cast into the lap; but its every decision is of the LORD.