12. A clever man foresees calamity, hides himself; The simple shall go on, they are punished.
13. Take the garment of him who is guarantor for a stranger, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14. He who greets his friend loudly early in the morning, Shall have it reckoned to him as a curse.
15. Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;
16. Whoever represses her represses the wind, And his right hand encounters oil.
17. Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18. He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.
19. As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reflects a man.
20. The grave and destruction are not satisfied; So the eyes of man are not satisfied.
21. A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.
22. Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him.
23. Know well the state of your flocks; Set your heart to your herds;
24. For riches are not forever, Nor a diadem to all generations.
25. Grass vanishes, and new grass appears, And the vegetation of the mountains are gathered in.
26. The lambs are for your garments, And the goats for the price of a field;