the wise seeks knowledge. 018:016 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. 018:017 He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him. 018:018 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart. 018:019 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle. 018:020 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. 018:021 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. 018:022 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. 018:023 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. 018:024 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. 019:001 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 019:002 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way. 019:003 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh. 019:004 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend. 019:005 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. 019:006 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. 019:007 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. 019:008 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good. 019:009 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish. 019:010 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. 019:011 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense. 019:012 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 019:013 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping. 019:014 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. 019:015 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. 019:016 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die. 019:017 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him. 019:018 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death. 019:019 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again. 019:020 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. 019:021 There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's