22. Hear me, my son, and despise me not, And at the last you shall find my words true: In all your works be quick, And no disease shall come to you.
23. Him that is liberal of his meat the lips shall bless; And the testimony of his excellence shall be believed.
24. Him that is a niggard of his meat the city shall murmur at; And the testimony of his niggardness shall be sure.
25. Show not yourself valiant in wine; For wine has destroyed many.
26. The furnace proves the temper of steel by dipping; So does wine prove hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
27. Wine is as good as life to men, If you drink it in its measure: What life is there to a man that is without wine? And it has been created to make men glad.
28. Wine drunk in season and to satisfy Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:
29. Wine drunk largely is bitterness of soul, With provocation and conflict.
30. Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt; It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.
31. Rebuke not your neighbor at a banquet of wine, Neither set him at nothing in his mirth: Speak not to him a word of reproach, And press not upon him by asking back a debt.