EJ2000(i)
16 ¶ A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
17 ¶ The one who is just is first in his cause, his adversary comes and seeks him out.
18 ¶ The lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty.
19 ¶ A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 ¶ A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth, and with the product of his lips shall he be filled.
21 ¶ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
22 ¶ Whosoever found a wife found a good thing and has attained the favour of the LORD.
23 ¶ The poor uses intreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
24 ¶ The man that has friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.