3. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,but the Lord tries the hearts.
4. A wicked doer gives heed to false lips,and a liar gives ear to a wayward tongue.
5. Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker,and he who is glad at calamities will not be unpunished.
6. Grandchildren are the crown of old men,and the glory of children are their fathers.
7. Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,much less lying lips to a prince.
8. A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him who has it;wherever he turns, it prospers.
9. He who covers a transgression seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
10. A reproof enters deeper into a wise manthan a hundred stripes into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubsrather than a fool in his folly.
13. Whoever rewards evil for good,evil will not depart from his house.
14. The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water;therefore abandon contention before a quarrel starts.
15. He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,both of them are abomination to the Lord.
16. Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,seeing he has no heart for it?
17. A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.
18. A man void of understanding shakes hands,and becomes a pledge in the presence of his friend.