12 The wise see danger ahead and avoid it,but fools keep going and get into trouble.
13 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s loan,and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
14 If you loudly greet your neighbor early in the morning,he will think of it as a curse.
15 A quarreling wife is as bothersomeas a continual dripping on a rainy day.
16 Stopping her is like stopping the windor trying to grab oil in your hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron,so people can improve each other.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree gets to eat its fruit,and whoever takes care of his master will receive honor.