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¹⁷A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
¹⁸A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
¹⁹He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
²¹He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
²³A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
²⁴Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
²⁵A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
²⁶Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

18Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
³When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
⁴The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
⁵It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.