Proverbs 27:9-15

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.