12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool in his foolishness.
13When someone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
14The beginning of conflict is like one who releases water everywhere, so walk away from the dispute before it has broken out.
15The person who acquits the wicked person and the person who condemns the righteous person— both are an abomination to Yahweh.
16Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, when he has no ability to learn it?
17A friend is loving at all times and a brother is born for times of trouble.
18A man having no sense makes binding promises and becomes responsible for his neighbor's debts.
19Whoever loves conflict loves sin; the one who makes the threshold of his door too high causes bones to be broken.
20A person who has a crooked heart finds nothing that is good; the one who has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
21Whoever is the parent of a fool brings grief to himself; and the father of a fool has no joy.
22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
23A wicked man accepts a secret bribe to pervert the ways of justice.
24The one who has understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are set on the ends of the earth.
25A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to the woman who bore him.