20. Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him.
21. He who pampers his servant from childhood will have him expecting the rights of a son afterward.
22. A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression.
23. A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is of a humble spirit will obtain honor. [Prov. 15:33; 18:12; Isa. 66:2; Dan. 4:30; Matt. 23:12; James 4:6, 10; I Pet. 5:5.]
24. Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; he falls under the curse [pronounced upon him who knows who the thief is] but discloses nothing.