12 When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it.But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.
13 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
14 Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning.He will think of it as a curse.
15 A quarreling wife is as bothersomeas a continual dripping on a rainy day.
16 Stopping her is like stopping the wind.It’s like trying to grab oil in your hand.
17 Iron can sharpen iron.In the same way, people can help each other.
18 The person who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit.And the person who takes care of his master will be honored.