12. Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
13. A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
14. Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
15. Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
16. A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
17. A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
18. The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness--a true reward.
19. Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil--for his own death.
20. An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
21. Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
22. A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
23. The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.
24. There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.