17. What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.
18. Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan.
19. A gossip can never keep a secret. Stay away from people who talk too much.
20. If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark.
21. The more easily you get your wealth, the less good it will do you.
22. Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the Lord and he will make it right.
23. The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales and weights.
24. The Lord has determined our path; how then can anyone understand the direction his own life is taking?
25. Think carefully before you promise an offering to God. You might regret it later.
26. A wise king will find out who is doing wrong, and will punish him without pity.