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Chapter 22· Book IV of 7
1A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled; And every one will hiss him out in his disgrace. 2A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: Every man that takes it up will shake out his hand. 3A father has shame in having begotten an uninstructed son; And a foolish daughter is born to his loss. 4A prudent daughter shall inherit a husband of her own; And she that brings shame is the grief of her father. 5She that is bold brings shame upon father and husband; And she shall be despised of them both. 6Unseasonable discourse is as music in mourning; But stripes and correction are wisdom at every season. 7He that teaches a fool is as one that glues a potsherd together; Even as one that wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep. 8He that discourseth to a fool is as one discoursing to a man that slumbereth; And at the end he will say, What is it? 11Weep for the dead, for light has failed him; And weep for a fool, for understanding has failed him: Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest; But the life of the fool is worse than death. 12Seven days are the days of mourning for the dead; But for a fool and an ungodly man, all the days of his life. 13Talk not much with a foolish man, And go not to one that has no understanding: Beware of him, lest you have trouble; And so you shall not be defiled in his onslaught: Turn aside from him, and you shall find rest; And so you shall not be wearied in his madness. 14What shall be heavier than lead? And what is the name thereof, but a fool? 15Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, Than a man without understanding. 16Timber girded and bound into a building shall not be loosed with shaking: So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel shall not be afraid. 17A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding Is as an ornament of plaister on a polished wall. 18Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear. 19He that pricks the eye will make tears to fall; And he that pricks the heart makes it to show feeling. 20Whoso casts a stone at birds frays them away; And he that upbraids a friend will dissolve friendship. 21If you have drawn a sword against a friend, despair not; For there may be a returning. 22If you have opened your mouth against a friend, fear not; For there may be a reconciling; Except it be for upbraiding, and arrogance, and disclosing of a secret, and a treacherous blow: For these things every friend will flee. 23Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty, That in his prosperity you may have gladness: Abide stedfast to him in the time of his affliction, That you may be heir with him in his inheritance. 24Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace; So revilings before bloodshed. 25I will not be ashamed to shelter a friend; And I will not hide myself from his face: 26And if any evil happen to me because of him, Every one that hears it will beware of him. 27Who shall set a watch over my mouth, And a seal of shrewdness upon my lips, That I fall not from it, and that my tongue destroy me not?