20:14 The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one.
20:15 He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth like a crier; to day he lendeth, and to morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be hated of God and man.
20:16 The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
20:17 How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.
20:18 To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
20:19 An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
20:20 A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool’s mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.
20:21 There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
20:22 There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.
20:23 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.