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¹⁰Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.
¹¹Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
¹²The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
¹³Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
¹⁴Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
¹⁵A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike;
¹⁶to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp oil in the right hand.
¹⁷Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens the wits of another.
¹⁸Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.