Proverbs 25:13-24

¹³As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, so a faithful messenger to him that sent him, maketh his soul to have rest.

¹⁴A cloud and wind, and rain not pursuing or following, is a glorious man, and not ful filling promises.

¹⁵A prince shall be made soft by patience; and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

¹⁶Thou hast found honey, eat thou that that sufficeth to thee; lest per-adventure thou be full-filled, and spew it out.

¹⁷Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour; lest sometime he be filled, that is, annoyed, and hate thee.

¹⁸A dart, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that speaketh false witnessing against his neighbour.

¹⁹A rotten tooth, and a faint foot is he, that hopeth on an unfaithful man in the day of anguish,

²⁰and loseth his mantle in the day of cold. Vinegar in a vessel of salt is he, that singeth songs to the worst heart. As a moth annoyeth or harmeth a cloth, and a worm a tree, so the sorrow of a man annoyeth the heart.

²¹If thine enemy hungereth, feed thou him; if he thirsteth, give thou him water to drink;

²²for thou shalt gather together coals on his head; and the Lord shall yield to thee.

²³The north wind scattereth abroad rains; and a sorrowful face destroyeth a tongue backbiting.

²⁴It is better to sit in the corner of an house without a roof, than with a woman full of chiding, and in a common house.