19. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and their contentious quarrelings are like the bars of an armon (citadel).
20. An ish's beten shall be filled with the fruit of his peh (mouth), and with the produce of his sfatayim (lips) shall he be satisfied.
21. Mavet and chayyim are in the power of the lashon, and they that love it shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof.
22. He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem.
23. The poor useth entreaties, but the oisher answereth roughly.
24. An ish of many companions may come to ruin, but there is an ohev (friend) that sticketh closer than a brother.