Proverbs 27:3-12

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

⁴Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; 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 a 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.

⁹Oil 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 neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

¹²A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.