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 neighbour’s house,
   otherwise the neighbour 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 neighbour.
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 honour on top of honour.
²⁸Like a city breached, without walls,
   is one who lacks self-control.