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15 There is plenty of gold, and there are many rubies.
    But there are only a few people who speak with knowledge.

16 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
    Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.

17 When a person gets food dishonestly, it may taste sweet at first.
    But later he will feel as if he has a mouth full of gravel.

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