Proverbs 27:7-17

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.

⁹Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

¹⁰Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: For better is a neighbour 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 foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

¹⁴He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

¹⁵A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.

¹⁶Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

¹⁷Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.