Proverbs 25:7-18

⁷For better is it that one should say to thee, “Come up hither!” Than that he should put thee in a lower place, In the presence of the prince whom thine eyes behold.

⁸Go not forth hastily to engage in a suit, Lest thou know not what to do in the end of it, When thine adversary hath put thee to shame.

⁹Maintain thy cause with thine adversary, But reveal not another's secret;

¹⁰Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, And thy infamy depart not from thee.

¹¹A word spoken in season Is like apples of gold in figured-work of silver.

¹²As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover to an attentive ear.

¹³As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the spirit of his masters.

¹⁴As clouds and wind without rain, So is the man that boasteth falsely of giving.

¹⁵By long forbearing is a prince appeased; And a soft tongue breaketh bones.

¹⁶Hast thou found honey? eat what is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be surfeited with it, and vomit it up.

¹⁷Let thy foot be seldom in the house of thy friend, Lest he be surfeited with thee and hate thee.

¹⁸A battle-hammer, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man who beareth false witness against his neighbor.