LITV(i)
16 A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
17 He who is first in his cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.
18 The lot causes arguments to cease, and divides between the mighty.
19 An offended brother is worse than a fortified city; yea, their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he shall be satisfied with the produce of his lips.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat its fruit.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds good, and gets favor from Jehovah.
23 The poor speak with entreaties, but the rich answer fiercely.
24 A man of friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.