Proverbs 25:14-18

¹⁴Like clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that vaunteth falsely of a gift.

¹⁵By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh bones.

¹⁶Hast thou found honey: eat so much as is sufficient for thee: lest thou consume too much of it, and have to vomit it forth.

¹⁷Make thy foot scarce in the house of thy friend: lest he have too much of thee, and so hate thee.

¹⁸A battle-axe, and a sword, and a sharpened arrow is a man that testifieth as a false witness against his neighbor.