Proverbs

¹⁵By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.] ¹⁶Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it. ¹⁷Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house, lest he become tired of you and hate you. ¹⁸A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. ¹⁹Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint. ²⁰He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda. [Dan. 6:18; Rom. 12:15.] ²¹If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; [Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20.]