Proverbs 25:17-28

¹⁷Enter sparingly into thy friend's house, lest he be satiated with thy company, and hate thee.

¹⁸As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

¹⁹The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.

²⁰As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart.

^20aAs a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

²¹If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;

²²for so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee with good.

²³The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

²⁴It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

²⁵As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

²⁶As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.

²⁷It is not good to eat much honey; but it is right to honour venerable sayings.

²⁸As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.