Proverbs 25:10-23

¹⁰If others find out that you have told secrets, you will be ashamed, and from that time on, ◄you will have a bad reputation/people will think badly about you►.

¹¹Something that is said that is very appropriate is as delightful as seeing SIM gold apples/ornaments in a silver bowl.

¹²When a wise person rebukes/warns someone SYN who is willing to listen, that is as valuable as SIM a gold ring or a gold chain.

¹³A messenger who ◄is reliable/tells someone else exactly what he was told to say► refreshes the spirits of his bosses who sent him like SIM ◄snow/cold water► refreshes the ground at the time that people harvest crops.

¹⁴When someone promises to give a gift to us but never gives it, that disappoints us as much as SIM clouds and wind that come but do not bring any rain.

¹⁵If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will often agree to do it; similarly, by speaking MTY gently we can often convince others that what we say is right IDM.

¹⁶If you find some honey, do not eat a lot of it, because doing that may cause you to vomit.

¹⁷Do not go to your neighbor's house very often to talk with him; if you go very often, he will get tired of listening to you and start to hate you.

¹⁸To falsely accuse others in court is like SIM attacking them with a war-club or a sword or a sharp arrow.

¹⁹Depending on unreliable people when you have troubles is as bad as trying to eat when you have a bad/hurting tooth or trying to walk when your foot is crippled.

²⁰Singing to someone who is depressed just causes him to feel worse; it is like SIM taking off clothes on a very cold day or like putting vinegar on a wound.

²¹If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink;

²²doing that will cause them to feel ashamed IDM, and Yahweh will reward you for doing that.

²³When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; similarly SIM, if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.