PROVERBS 27:2-10

²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

³A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s vexation is heavier than them both.

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

⁷The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.