11 Even a child is known by his doings,whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye,the Lord has made both of them.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer;but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and a multitude of rubies,but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Take the garment of him who is a pledge for a stranger,and hold it as a security when it is for a wayward woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man,but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.