Proverbs 18:12-16 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

12. No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

13. Listen before you answer. If you don't you are being stupid and insulting.

14. Your will to live can sustain you when you are sick, but if you lose it, your last hope is gone.

15. Intelligent people are always eager and ready to learn.

16. Do you want to meet an important person? Take a gift and it will be easy.

Proverbs 18