Proverbs 25:7-16

⁷For it is better, that it be said to thee, Ascend thou or Go up hither, than that thou be made low before the prince.

⁸Bring thou not forth soon those things in strife, which thine eyes saw; lest afterward thou mayest not amend, when thou hast made thy friend unhonest or he hath shamed thee.

⁹Treat thy cause with thy friend, and show thou not private matter to a strange man;

¹⁰lest peradventure he have joy of thy fall, when he hath heard, and cease not to do shame to thee.

¹¹A golden pomme or pommel in beds of silver is he, that speaketh a word in his time.

¹²A golden earring, and a shining pearl is he, that reproveth a wise man, and an ear obeying.

¹³As the cold of snow in the day of harvest, so a faithful messenger to him that sent him, maketh his soul to have rest.

¹⁴A cloud and wind, and rain not pursuing or following, is a glorious man, and not ful filling promises.

¹⁵A prince shall be made soft by patience; and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

¹⁶Thou hast found honey, eat thou that that sufficeth to thee; lest per-adventure thou be full-filled, and spew it out.