17. The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.
18. A person who lacks sense pledges; he becomes security before his neighbor.
19. He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
20. He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
21. He who begets a fool, there is trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
22. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.
23. The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, in order to pervert the ways of justice.
24. He who understands sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.
25. A grief to his father is the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
26. Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, nor to flog nobles for uprightness.
27. He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28. Even a fool who keeps silent shall be considered wise; he who closes his lips is intelligent.