14 `Bad, bad,` saith the buyer, And going his way then he  boasteth himself.
         
                                
                        15 Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a  precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
         
                                
                        16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for  strangers pledge it.
         
                                
                        17 Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards  is his mouth filled [with] gravel.
         
                                
                        18 Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans  make thou war.
         
                                
                        19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a  deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
         
                                
                        20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished  is his lamp in blackness of darkness.