Proverbs 25:18-27

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.

²⁶Like a fouled spring or a ruined fountain is a righteous person tottering before wicked people.

²⁷It is not good to eat too much honey; that is like searching for honor after honor.