24. Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25. There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
26. The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.
27. A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
28. A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
29. A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.
30. Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.
31. Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.
32. Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.