12. A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13. Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.
14. He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15. A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16. Whosoever restrains her restrains the wind, or grasps oil with his right hand.
17. Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18. Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.
19. As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.
20. Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21. As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.
22. Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.