²⁶ The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.

⁷ Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
    how much worse lying lips to a ruler!^(A)

¹⁷ Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.