17. Better is a dinner of herbs where love isthan a fatted calf with hatred.
18. A wrathful man stirs up strife,but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.
19. The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns,but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20. A wise son makes a father glad,but a foolish man despises his mother.
21. Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom,but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
22. Without counsel, purposes are disappointed,but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
23. A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
24. The way of life leads above for the wise,that he may depart from Sheol below.