Proverbs 27:5-11

⁵Open reproofs are better than secret love.

⁶The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.

⁷A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

⁸As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

⁹The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.

¹⁰Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; and when you are in distress go not into your brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.

¹¹Son, be wise, that your heart may rejoice; and remove you from yourself reproachful words.