10. Have you heard some word?Let it perish along with you.Have courage!It won’t make you burst.
11. Because of something spoken,a fool will suffer labor painslike those caused by a babyabout to be delivered.
12. Like an arrow stuck in a thigh,so is a word in the belly of a fool.
13. Question a friend;perhaps he didn’t do it.And if he did, question himso he doesn’t do it again.
14. Question a neighbor;perhaps she didn’t say it.And if she did say it,question her so that she doesn’t repeat it.
15. Question a friend, because it oftenturns out to be a false accusation.Don’t trust everything that is said.
16. There are those who slip,and it wasn’t intentional.Who hasn’t sinned with the tongue?
17. Question your neighborbefore issuing a threat,and give the Law of the Most Highits place.
20. Fearing the Lord is the whole of wisdom,and all wisdom involvesdoing the Law.