15. When a king’s face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16. How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!
17. The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
18. Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
19. Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.