11. Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad, that I may answer my accusers.
12. A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself; but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished.
13. Take his beged (garment) that is collateral for a zar; seize the pledge given for surety for a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress).
14. He that maketh a bracha on his re'a (friend) with a kol gadol (loud voice), rising early in the boker, it shall be counted a kelalah to him.
15. A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome isha are alike;
16. To restrain her is like restraining the ruach (wind), and like grasping shemen in the right hand.
17. Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron); so one ish sharpeneth another.
18. He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof, so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored.
19. As mayim reflecteth the face, so one lev ha'adam reflects another.
20. Sheol and Avaddon are never full; so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied.