14 A gift in secret will avert anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
15 It is a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.
16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
17 A man of want is he who loves pleasure; he who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
18 A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and the faithless instead of the upright.
19 Better to live in a land of wilderness than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
20 Precious treasure and oil are in the house of the wise, but the foolish person will devour them.