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¹⁵With patience a ruler may be persuaded,
and a soft tongue can break bones.
¹⁶If you have found honey, eat only enough for you,
or else, having too much, you will vomit it.
¹⁷Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
otherwise the neighbor will become weary of you and hate you.
¹⁸Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow
is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
¹⁹Like a bad tooth or a lame foot
is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble.
²⁰Like vinegar on a wound
is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,
sorrow gnaws at the human heart.
²¹If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat;
and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink;
²²for you will heap coals of fire on their heads,
and the Lord will reward you.
²³The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
²⁴It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a contentious wife.
²⁵Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.
²⁶Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
are the righteous who give way before the wicked.
²⁷It is not good to eat much honey,
or to seek honor on top of honor.
²⁸Like a city breached, without walls,
is one who lacks self-control.