14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies;but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Plans are established by advice;by wise guidance you wage war!
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother,his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.