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.