11. Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12. A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13. Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14. He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15. A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16. restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18. Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19. Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22. Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.