18 The ill-tempered stir up strife,but the patient settle disputes.
19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge,but the path of the diligent is a highway.
20 A wise son gives his father joy,but a fool despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to the senseless,but the person of understanding goes the straight way.
22 Plans fail when there is no counsel,but they succeed when advisers are many.
23 One has joy from an apt response;a word in season, how good it is!
24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent,turning them from Sheol below.