12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made both of them.
13 Do not love sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is bad, it is bad, the buyer says; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of precious stones, but the lips of wisdom are a precious vessel.
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every thought must be ordered by counsel, and with intelligence war is made.