23As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
24It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
25As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
26A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
27It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
28A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.