Proverbs 25:14-25

¹⁴Clouds and wind without rain is the one who boasts about a gift he does not give.

¹⁵With patience a ruler can be persuaded and a soft tongue can break a bone.

¹⁶If you find honey, eat just enough— otherwise, having too much of it, you vomit it up.

¹⁷Do not set your foot in your neighbor's house too often, he may become tired of you and hate you.

¹⁸A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club used in war, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

¹⁹An unfaithful man in whom you trust in a time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

²⁰Like a person who takes off a garment in cold weather, or like vinegar poured upon carbonate of soda, is the one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

²¹If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

²²for you will shovel coals of fire on his head and Yahweh will reward you.

²³As surely as the north wind brings rain, so a tongue that tells secrets will result in angry faces.

²⁴It is better to live on a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a quarreling wife.

²⁵Like cold waters to one who is thirsty, so is good news from a far country.