Proverbs 27:4-16

⁴Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁵Better is open reproof than concealed love.

⁶Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but deceptive are the kisses of an enemy.

⁷The satisfied soul treadeth under foot fine honey; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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

⁹Oil and perfume cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one's own counsel.

¹⁰Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, thou must not forsake; but into thy brother's house enter not on the day of thy calamity: better is a near neighbor than a distant brother.

¹¹Become wise, my son, and cause my heart to rejoice, that I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

¹²The prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment, for he became surety for a stranger; and on account of an alien woman take a pledge of him.

¹⁴When one saluteth his friend with a loud voice, when rising early in the morning, it will be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶He that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as fragrant oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.