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.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel,and with good advice wage war.