20. Do you see someone hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than him.
21. If someone pampers his slave from childhood in the end he will be ungrateful.
22. An angry man stirs up dissention, and a hotheaded one commits many transgressions.
23. A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will gain honor.
24. An accomplice of a thief is his own enemy. He hears the oath but says nothing.
25. Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but one who trusts in Adonai will be kept safe.
26. Many seek an audience with a ruler, but from Adonai one receives justice.
27. The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.