CHAPTER XII. Critical Notes 1 The Love of Knowledge and the Proof of It 2 Outlines and Suggestive Comments. 3 A Right Desire and the Means of Its Attainment 4 A Husband's Crown 5-8 Thoughts and Words and Their Result 9 Show and Reality 10 Care for Animals and Cruelty to Men 11 Satisfaction from Tillage 12-14 The Desire of Wicked Men and the Fruit of Righteousness 15, 16 Two Examples of Foolishness and Wisdom 17-19 & 22 Wounding and Healing 20 Joy from Peace 21 All Working for the Good of the Righteous 23 The Concealment of Knowledge and the Proclamation of Foolishness 24 The Reward of Diligence 25 Heaviness of Heart and Its Cure 26 The Guide and the Seducer 27 The Loss of the Slothful, and the Gain of the Diligent 28 The Way of Life CHAPTER XIII. Critical Notes 1 The Wise Son and the Scorner 2, 3 Keeping the Mouth 4 The Disappointment of the Sluggard's Desires 5 A Lawful Hatred 6 Overthrow by Sin 7, 8 The Law of Compensation 9 The Abiding Light 10 The Parent of Strife 11 The Ways of Growing Rich 12 Deferred and Accomplished Hope 13 Bound by Law 14 Living by Rule 15 A Bad Way and a Good Understanding 16 Dealing with Knowledge 17 A Social Link 18 The Way to Honour 19 The Abomination of the Fool 20 Companionship, Constructive or Destructive 21 Pursuit and Repayment 22 An Inheritance Incorruptible 23 Land and Its Tillers 24 The Child and the Rod 25 Want and Satisfaction