Proverbs 27:5-17

⁵Better is open protest than love kept secret.

⁶The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

⁷The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

⁸Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

⁹Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

¹⁰Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

¹¹My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

¹²The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

¹³Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

¹⁴He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

¹⁵Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

¹⁶He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

¹⁷Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.