13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 'It's no good, it's no good,' says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
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