13 If you stop your ears to the cries of the poor,your cries will go unheard, unanswered.
14 A quietly given gift soothes an irritable person;a heartfelt present cools a hot temper.
15 Good people celebrate when justice triumphs,but for the workers of evil it’s a bad day.
16 Whoever wanders off the straight and narrowends up in a congregation of ghosts.
17 You’re addicted to thrills? What an empty life!The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.
18 What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs;the plotter gets it in the end.
19 Better to live in a tent in the wildthan with a cross and petulant spouse.