13 A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
15 All the days of the afflicted are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of Adonai than great wealth with turmoil.
17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love, than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
19 The way of the slacker is a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.